Collection Highlights
Euphemia Toussaint (1815-1829)
ca. 1825
1920.6
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert forks (4)
Object name
Dessert forks (4)
Date
ca. 1805
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 8 3/8 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 21.3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description
Four silver dessert forks with down turned fiddle handles, spatulate tips on the undersides, engraved with the Lenox crest, crowned lion passant on fess, squared sholders and four tines; maker's marks stamped on the undersides.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; Collection of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number
1950.352a-d
Marks
stamped: on the underside of the handles: "RW" in ovals, lion passants in chamfered rectangles, busts in ovals, and "C" in cartouches
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
