A coin silver gravy/cream ladle.
Oval-shaped bowl and "oval-end fiddle" terminal
which is slightly bent inward.
Please see and inspect all photos.

Engraved to the handle front with script "J A Blakeslee"
(Probably for Jane Alice Blakeslee b.1813 - d.1897)

Marked to the underside:
"Packard" into oblong punch
for well-known silversmith Jonathan Packard.
(Jonathan Packard 1789-1854 Hampton, Mass.,
in Albany, N.Y.,1815;  in Rochester, N.Y.,1819-1850.
Died in Rochester.)

This ladle probably was made in Rochester, N.Y., ca.1830's.

See Ensko,1988 Edition: page 155 & 314

Approx.: Length: 6-3/4in.  (170mm.)
              Bowl (crosswise): 1-3/4in. x 2-1/8in.  (44mm. x 54mm.
)
              Bowl Depth: 3/8in.  (10mm.)
              Weight: 0.81 troy oz.  (25.3 gr.)

Clean, free of dents and blemishes.

Minor/light scratches, just indication of age and use.

Dark spots you are seeing on the photos,
are reflections of a camera and other objects.


Commensurate with age, the condition is excellent.

Rare for its image and overall condition.

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