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Dinner Fork

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830

GUSN

GUSN-49491

Description

One of a set of nine. Silver dinner fork with two tines and a bone handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table forks
bone (material)
metal
Fork, Eating
Fork, Dinner
Fork, Dinner

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.438.1

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