Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle spanish architecture I'd think late 1960s or

I'd think late 1960s or early 70s

2 3/4" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 3/4" deep

and it remains in pretty much mint condition

with the other two images from each set of three pictured below the center line

Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle spanish architecture I'd think late 1960s orA 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