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Salad Fork

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-16496

Description

One of a set of seventeen. Silver salad fork. Fiddle handle with square shoulders and four tines.

Details

Descriptive Terms

salad forks
silver (metal)
Fork, Eating
Fork, Salad
Fork, Salad

Inscription

"LHS" (Engraved underneath handle)

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1969.641e

Maker

Curry, John, 1825-1867 (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.641.5

Places

Pennsylvania (United States)

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