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Dessert Fork

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1848-1857

GUSN

GUSN-66920

Description

Silver dessert fork with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and three tines.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert forks
silver (metal)
Fork, Eating
Fork, Dessert
Fork, Dessert

Inscription

"Jan 24th/ 1853." (Engraved on the handle)
"Mary Isabella Stone Struck"

Maker

Lincoln & Foss (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Credit Line

Gift of John Robinson

Accession Number

1921.306

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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