A Robert Scott, Glasgow, Victorian Period Long-Handle Small Ladle

Manufacturer - Attributed to Robert Scott, Buchanan Street, Glasgow

Date - 1856

Description - A crisp, sterling silver fiddle pattern long-handled ladle with small bowl and without any personal engravings

Condition - This ladle is in clean, very good condition

Hallmark - This ladle has a clear manufacturer's cypher for Robert Scott and a Glasgow date cypher for 1856

Dimensions - Maximum length - 16.5cms

Date Context 1856:
* Queen Victoria begins her 19th year as Monarch
* War is declared between Britain and Persia in response to a Persian invasion of Afghanistan with the objective of capturing Herat.
* Fire destroys Covent Garden Theatre in London
* The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War
* The Second Opium War between several western powers, including the United Kingdom, and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River