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Table Fork

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1840-1849

GUSN

GUSN-62543

Description

Four tines; swelled shoulders; narrow shaft; oar-shape handle; double arched

Details

Descriptive Terms

table forks
Fork, Eating
Fork, Dinner
Fork, Dinner

Inscription

Stamped underside of handle shaft, ""J.M. FORD,"" and ""PUR-COIN"". See Belden, ""Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection,"" p. 174.

Associated Building

Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),

Additional Identification Number

P741.1

Maker

Ford, J. M. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

7 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Caroline Barr Wade

Accession Number

1955.417.1

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
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