Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle folk art hanger There is a loop at

There is a loop at top from which it could be hung from a wire or ribbon or string--I might suggest from the ceiling so as to float in mid-air like the sun

Soiled and darned to death but not at all delicate and holding together most incredibly

The basket measures 9" tall

with the most paint loss to the rims

when Rue du Rampart in Paris ceased to exist

Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle folk art hanger There is a loop atA beautifully concise antique example of "make do," this is a mid 19th century Hall & Elton spoon handle that was wed (riveted) long ago to a large, shallow round bowl (looks to me like the piece was cut from a tin can then soldered to "tin" it) to make a ladle. Excellent. And useful still, though I'd be inclined to rest it on a couple of nails on the wall. Hall & Elton of Geneva, NY (distinct from Hall Elton Co of Wallingford, CT) operated just from