This scarce brass ladle bears the straight-line "R. LEE" mark (L411a).  It is now presumed this was the touch of Richard Lee, Jr. who worked  in Springfield, Vermont from 1795 to about 1816.  His peripatetic  father- Richard Lee, Sr.--may have had in peddling his son's pewter and brassware, but is no longer presumed to have been heavily involved in its manufacture.  Fine condition. Length 11"