Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert forks (2)
Object name
Dessert forks (2)
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each: 6 3/4 x 7/8 x 7/8 in. ( 17.1 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description
Two dessert forks with four tines; upturned fiddle-thread handle with engraved initials on obverse; flared shoulder; stamped maker's mark on reverse.
Credit Line
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number
1941.952jk
Marks
engraved: on obverse of handle: "HMW"
stamped: on reverse of handle: "GELSTON & TREADWELL" in rectangle
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
