Ladle Collection

Mr Micawber makes Punch - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Date: circa 1910s

Milkwoman in Cart Photo
A milkwoman poses for the photographer before setting out on her rounds in a two- wheeled horse-drawn cart holding two churns from which she will ladle out milk

White Star Line - two Elkington plate ladles
White Star Line - pair of Elkington plate First Class ladles

Workers in foundry pouring molten metal
Metal foundry workers pour molten metal from a ladle into moulds. Date: circa 1950s

A smiling young woman in a headscarf and apron washing up or preparing food in a kitchen or scullery. Tea towels hang from the airer above, assorted ladles and pans are close to hand

Two children in fancy dress; the little boy is dressed as a chef while a little girl makes a very respectable maid or waitress. Date: 1920s

Cartoon, Mr Parnell, like Oliver Twist, asks for more. Lord Salisbury plays the part of the Beadle, dishing out thin soup. A comment on Conservative resistance to Irish Home Rule. 1886

Punch bowls and punch ladle. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896

Ancient keys and cooking utensils
Ancient keys found in Velletri 1, and various cooking utensils (pot, ladle, sieve and poker) found in Naples 2. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani

Religious caps and instruments
Priests cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3

Sacred instruments to Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods including phallic statue to Bacchus, sacrificial altars, vases, ladles, etc

Plumber heating lead in a fire to fix lead pipes on a building site. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810

Gold-Lined Ladle Date: 1880

Dairy Woman in Her Cart
A milkwoman poses for the photographer before setting out on her rounds in a two- wheeled horse-drawn cart holding two churns from which she will ladle out milk Date: circa 1905

German boy scouts enjoying a meal at camp

A Japanese man watering his flowers from a water pump
An older Japanese man watering his flowers from a water pump. Date: 1925

Late Roman Iron Age (c. 160-375 A. C. ). Bronze strainer and l
Late Roman Iron Age (c. 160-375 A.C.). Bronze strainer and ladle. From a tomb at Vedskolle. Ny Carlsberg Gyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Caricature of F C Burnand, newly appointed Punch editor
Caricature of Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917), newly appointed Punch editor. He was also a comic writer and playwright. Seen here as Mr Punch himself, enjoying a nice bowl of punch. 1880

Buildings / Plumber 1827
The original occupation of plumbing, which involved melting lead into drainpipes etc. Date: 1827

Japan - A girl making ceremonial tea. Date: 1932

Egyptian woman with sistrum and simpulum, and priestess with statue of Harpocrates.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Egyptian household items. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. 1798

Workman in overalls with barrel
A middle-aged workman in overalls, standing next to a barrel

Tibetan Picnic Party Date: circa 1920s

Bronze cooking utensils recovered from Pompeii, Italy
Bronze cooking utensils recovered from excavations at Pompeii, Italy. Date: 1906

Copper Industry in Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: 1906

Safety ladle in operation, Fraser & Chalmers Foundry, 1890?s Date: 1890s

Ossalois Guide and his bride-to-be
Pyrenees - border between France and Spain - the Ossalois people (who live in the vall?d Ossau). The gentleman on the left is a mountain guide in his distinctive short red felt jacket

Polish Scouts cooking
Polish Scouts crowding around to receive food cooked and served by other scouts. 1930s

Group from the Val d Ossau
Group of people from the Val d Ossau, France in traditional costume. Date: circa 1910s

Santa & Punchbowl
" GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPY NEW YEAR !" A jolly, red-faced Father Christmas, smoking his long pipe and bearing a huge punchbowl full of hot punch. 1890s

Central France - Soup of the Day
Central France - A farming family tuck into the Soup of the Day

An assortment of slices, soup ladles and skimmers

An 18th Century Kitchen by Pauline Baynes
A galaxy of eighteenth century food and a kitchen scene showing food preparation. From the top is a Stargazey pie, then a baked ham stuffed with apricots, fried apple pasties

Chef Tasting Food
A chef in a chefs hat tastes some soup or other food from a ladle

Pullen & Hooper / Camping
Pullen and Hooper encamping for the night during their search for Franklin

Trench Conditions 1915
German (left photograph) and British troops (right photograph) struggling to cope with the appalling trench conditions; the British bale water using a giant ladle

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