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Forks

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3357

Description

Forks- each with a similarly shaped wood handle in a long cylindrical stem and two tynes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

forks (flatware)
brass (alloy)
steel (alloy)
wood (plant material)
Steel
Wood
Brass
Fork

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.1141.4

Maker

I.B. Bobson Brothers (Maker)

Location of Origin

USA

Dimensions

6 1/4 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1141.4-8

Related Items

Title Knife Accession Number 1991.1141.1

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