Marbled Enamelware Ladles and Lid

Light blue and pink marbled enamelware ladles and lid, typical of early twentieth-century domestic ware.

Durable and practical, objects like these were often part of everyday household life and could be carried from place to place. It is possible that Rosy brought these ladles with her and continued to use them throughout her incarceration.

One theory is that ladles such as these may have been useful for scraping or scooping scraps of turnip and peel from the large pots in which food was served - making them objects of necessity rather than comfort.

Note from the Curator and Director of the Artefacts department, Museums division, Yad Vashem, Feb ’24:

First of all I want to point out that these are very impressive objects. I have not seen these in the past and there are no such in Yad Vashem Artifacts collection. At the same time, the investigation shows that this is a style of creation known as early "20th century swirled marbled enamelware " that was common at the beginning of the twentieth century in the United States and Europe.

So it is very possible that if your mother's family was able to take a few items from home with them, they took these tools and used them while they were incarcerated