Collection Highlights
Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
Clay
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oyster forks (11) (Cluny)
Object name
Oyster forks (11) (Cluny)
Date
ca. 1883
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 6 x 3/4 x 3/8 in. ( 15.2 x 1.9 x 1 cm )
Description
Eleven silver oyster 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; three curved tines on each, one pointed; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number
INV.14487a-k
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
Gallery Label
The initials "SES" refer to Susan Elizabeth McLane (b.1831), who married Samuel Spencer Stafford (1825-1895) in Albany in 1854.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
