Description:
Ladle with a turned wooden handle and a silver bowl with a coin impressed in the center. The side of the coin showing inside of the bowl has a man's head surrounded by the words "FERDINAN. IV SICILIAR. ET HIE. REX " Probably a coin for Ferdinand IV King of Naples. The other side of the coin, shown on the underside of the bowl, shows a crown surrounded by a garland and the words "A.P•HISPANIAR • M C20 INFANS 1798"

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