This Arthur Price of England Sovereign Silver Soup Ladle in the Kings pattern has a silver thickness of up to 40 microns. Unconditionally guaranteed for life and will offer a richness of patination, in time, that is beyond compare. Dishwasher safe. Kings is a practical adaptation of the older Fiddle, Thread and Shell cutlery pattern. Making its first appearance in the early 1800s, it still remains enormously popular to this day. Supplied with an Arthur Price lifetime guarantee.