Ladle (Piece)

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This bronze piece of ladle is from Premnay in Aberdeenshire. It dates from the 17th century.

The piece forms the bowl of the ladle.

The cast bronze cooking utensils which survive from the Middle Ages are ideally suited for cooking both meat and porridge or gruel made from oatmeal. The importance of meat in the Scottish diet, for rich and poor, was unusual in Europe.

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• Online ID: 000-100-002-535-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MP 590
• Date: 17th century
  
• Material: Copper
  Bowl, ladle
  
• Dimensions: 145 mm L x 90 mm max W x 42 mm max
  
• What: Bowl, ladle
  
• Subject: The kitchen - ladles (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Premnay
  
• Event:
• Description: Half of the bowl of a copper ladle, with the handle broken off, from Premnay, Aberdeenshire
  
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