Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle spanish architecture blank interior

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with the other two images from each set of three pictured below the center line

All are in good condition considering the delicacy of these

especially for the contrast between the brown leather glove and the black leather mitt to which it is sewn--which brings the construction of the whole thing into relief

The fact that this is a double panel

Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle spanish architecture blank interiorA beautifully concise antique example of "make do," this is a mid 19th century Hall & Elton spoon handle that was wed (riveted) long ago to a large, shallow round bowl (looks to me like the piece was cut from a tin can then soldered to "tin" it) to make a ladle. Excellent. And useful still, though I'd be inclined to rest it on a couple of nails on the wall. Hall & Elton of Geneva, NY (distinct from Hall Elton Co of Wallingford, CT) operated just from