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1880-1920
GUSN-16988
Fiddle-shaped molded handles, with beaded and scrolled sides. There is a lobed crest enclosing a shaped reserve, with engraved initials on a tapering shaped stem, that is molded in scrolls and an incised line along the edge. The back of the handle is molded with corresponding scrolls and crossed scrolls at the fork end.
table forks
silver (metal)
plate (material)
Silver
FORK, DINNER
A stamped mark on the stem back shows the maker's mark. Engraved on the handle is: EAL.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
7.625 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.605.2
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