1840-1849
GUSN-62549
Four tines; swelled shoulders; narrow shaft; oar-shape handle; double arched
table forks
Fork, Eating
Fork, Dinner
Fork, Dinner
Stamped underside of handle shaft, ""J.M. FORD"" and ""PURE COIN"". See Belden, ""Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection, p. 174""
Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),
P741.7
Ford, J. M. (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
7 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Caroline Barr Wade
1955.417.7
Massachusetts (United States)
Probably
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