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Dinner Fork

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-606

Description

Silver dinner fork with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and four tines. Shell and scroll design.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table forks
silver (metal)
Fork, Eating
Fork, Dinner
Fork, Dinner

Inscription

"MAM" (Engraved on the handle)

Pattern

King's Pattern

Associated Building

Used At Rundlet-May House,

Maker

Reeves, Joseph F., 1831-1850 (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

Baltimore, MD, USA

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1525

Places

Maryland (United States)
New Hampshire (United States)

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