Heavy classicist silver ladle. Round bowl on an angular jointed handle and ebonized wooden grip. Gilt interior. Marked 13 lot, hallmark, master Carl Ludwig Jung (becomes master 1791), year letter "d". Weight approx. 260 g. L. 40.5 cm. Cf. Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, Merkzeichen der Mannheimer Goldschmiede, p. 104, no. 13, p.106, no. 31, p. 110 no. 60. A heavy German Neoclassical silver ladle by Carl Ludwig Jung (master since 1791). Gilt inside. Standard mark 13 lot, assay and master's mark. Date letter "d". German. Mannheim. Around 1795.

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