SOUP LADLE, Jos. & Nathaniel Richardson, Phila (1780)

Coin silver soup ladle, Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, Philadelphia (c. 1780), 14-3/4" long, 3-5/8" circular bowl (small 1/4" crack on right side), arching feather edge handle tipt on back with shaded block letter monogram "I.C.M" on front, clearly marked three times near bowl "I.NR" (pellet raised and NR conjoined) in rectangular punch.