Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Forks (2) and knife
Object Number:
Z.1945.1-3
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Steel, wood, bone, horn
Dimensions:
Overall (.1, Fork): 6 1/2 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (16.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm)
Overall (.2, Fork): 6 3/4 × 5/8 × 3/8 in. (17.1 ×
Description:
Two forks with two steel tines, one has a rounded bone handle set over steel, the other a brown bone trapezoidal handle with canted edges. Knife has a slightly arched steel blade with a cylindrical wooden handle.
Gallery Label:
This cutlery was purchased at an auction in Cataumet, Cape Cod, MA. At the time they were believed to be from the Revolutionary period.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
