Augusta, Georgia coin silver soup or punch ladle, fiddle handle with rounded fins and reverse tipt end, monogrammed MLB and stamped CLARK & CO in rectangle with small key mark adjacent (mark used by Horace Clark and associates, Augusta, GA, from 1852 until his death in 1854 and beyond, at least 1860; ref. Cutten, 'Silvermiths of Georgia, p. 25. Note: Horace Clark was the brother of Francis Clark, an early partner in the company who was absent from Augusta by 1840). 13 5/8" L. 6.035 oz troy. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)