Collection Highlights
View of St. Patrick's Cathedral from Inside Rockefeller Center: Study for a Set of Painted Doors
2002
2002.46
Gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on gray paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert forks (2)
Object name
Dessert forks (2)
Date
1830 - 1846
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 6 3/4 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 17.1 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description
Pair of silver dessert forks with downturned fiddle thread handles engraved, "MGH" in script on y and "FHH" in script on z; four curved tines on each; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Credit Line
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Object Number
INV.14521yz
Marks
engraved: on the handle of y: "MGH" in script
engraved: on handle of z: "FHH" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "SK" in a rectangle, "11OZ" in a rectangle, "F" and a pseudohallmarks
Gallery Label
The initials "MGH" refer to Mary G. Howard, who married William Hughes Gilder in Baltimore in 1856.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
