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Dessert Fork

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-16766

Description

One of a set of six. Silver dessert fork with a spatulate handle and a mid-rib. Four tines.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert forks
silver (metal)
Fork, Eating
Fork, Dessert
Fork, Dessert

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1969.646.7f

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.646.7.6

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