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Dinner Fork

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-723

Description

Silver dinner fork. Fiddle handle with chamfered shoulders. Acanthus design and an engraved monogram on the handle. Four tines.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Stodder & Frobisher (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.647.2

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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