Soup ladle, hallmark Bz, city mark: Quedlinburg, (coat of arms shield letter Q Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt).
Maker’s mark IFV in a trefoil for Johann Friedrich Vesterling,
Silver 12 Loth, 812,5/1000.
Measures: length 35,8 cm, diameter trowel head 9 cm,
Weight 191 grams ( unusually heavy. Suggests a wealthy patron).