Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Table forks (12) (Cluny)
Object Number:
INV.14521rr-ccc
Date:
ca. 1883
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 7 x 1 x 7/8 in.
Marks:
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: lion passant, anchor, gothic "G" over STERLING"
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: "SES" in script
Description:
Twelve silver table forks in the "Cluny" pattern with upturned trefoil end handles with an all over foliate design between geometric designs on the fronts; "SES" engraved on the undersides of the handles in script; four curved tines on eachmaker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Gallery Label:
The initials "SES" refer to Susan Elizabeth McLane (b.1831) who married Samuel Spencer Stafford (1825-1895) in Albany in 1854.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
