Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert forks (7)
Object Number:
1950.346h-n
Date:
1829/30
Medium:
Silver, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions:
each overall: 5 7/8 x 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 14.9 x 1.9 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the stem of 1: king's bust in an oval, crown in a rectangle, "f" in a rectangle, lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, "J*R" in an ovoid (fork k)
stamped: on the stem of 6: bust, lion passant and "S&S" in a rectangle (forks h, i, j, l, m, n)
Description:
Seven silver and mother-of-pearl desset forks with four tines and reeded handle sockets fitted with mother-of-pearl handles; makers' marks stamped on the stems.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; Collection of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
