Small ladle, Prague 1785 or 1795

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AG2012
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Small ladle, Prague 1785 or 1795

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L 20 cm, weight 130 g, 5 cm across the bowl, monogrammed L.
Marks:
13 Loth in oval used in Prague 1776 - 1806
Re-marking, mainly 1806 – 1807 for taxable big articles that have already been stamped.
Prague town mark (crowned lion rampant) with the year, either 1785 or 1795.
Maker`s mark AD unknown to me.
What was the use of those very small ladles (punch, sauce…)?
Can AD maker is Prague be identified?

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The period of peace, 1806–09, again saw Austrian preparations for war, this time directed by a Rhineland German in Habsburg service, Johann Philipp, Graf (count) von Stadion,who spent years in a strenuous and partly successful attempt to reorganize the disordered finances. (He founded Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank in 1816).
In 1806 he suggested to the Emperor of Austria to issue a manifesto providing for taxation and duties on gold and silver. A new mark (Repunzierung) was introduced as acknowledgement of receipt of paid taxes.
The Assay Office code were: A Vienna, B Prague, C Salzburg, D Lemberg, E Cracow, F Brunn, G Linz, H Graz, I Klagenfurt, K Leibach, L Trieste.
The obligatory re-marking of old articles was abolished on August 1, 1807.
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Re: Small ladle, Prague 1785 or 1795

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pictures gone, but my laddle is for kompot - as seller told me
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22023&p=51746&hilit=lvov#p51746
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Re: Small ladle, Prague 1785 or 1795

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In my eyes your ladle is an ordinary sauce-ladle for the dinner table. The size indicates that . You need to find a suitable sauce-boat to it ;-))). Of course you can use it for whatever liquid dessert like compote like hose also suggested.
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Re: Small ladle, Prague 1785 or 1795

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I think the maker is Andrej Dejl [Ondrej Theil] (Master 1766, died 1799). The mark is not an exact match, but he appears to be the only maker with the right initials at the right time.

Ref: Josef Hrasky, Zlatnici Prazskeho Baroka (Prague: Decorative Arts Museum, 1984), p. 68, Prague Old Town maker #176.
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Re: Small ladle, Prague 1785 or 1795

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Thank you, blakstone.I have contacted Prague Museum of applied arts and will let you know if they answer.
Regards
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