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Fish-serving Fork

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1860-1875

GUSN

GUSN-66966

Description

Fiddle handle; short front midrib; rounded shoulders; 5 tapered tines; pierced neck. Forms a pair with 1971. 290 A, fish knife.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fish forks (serving utensils)
engraving (printing process)
stamping (marking)
machine-made
silver (metal)
scrolls (motifs)
Silver
Stamped
Stipple Engraved
Fiddle Thread
Scroll
FORK, FISH-SERVING

Inscription

Engraved: M Struck: [bust] F [lion passant] (Unidentified pseudohallmarks)

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1971.290B

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