An American Silver Soup Ladle, John Ewan, Charleston, SC, circa 1825

with fiddle terminal, unengraved. Together with a set of five teaspoons engraved with initials JH, marked P[pellet]M in rectangle, possibly for Peter Mood of Charleston, SC, c. 1790, and a teaspoon engraved with initials ED, by Robert Haughton, Natchez, MI, c. 1820. 7 pieces.

ladle with a few minor dings to bowl, Haughton teaspoon with engraving heavily rubbed and overall wear from heavy use, the set of five teaspoons in good condition
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