Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fish fork and slice
Object name
Fish fork and slice
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Fork: 9 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 22.9 x 6 x 3.2 cm )
Part (slice): 12 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 5/8 in. (31.4 x 7 x 1.6 cm)
Description
Silver fish slice and fork with upturned, wavy-end handle decorated with cast fish heads and nets along the obverse of each; fork has a shallow, scalloped bowl with five tines; slice has a broad, flat blade with scalloped edge along top and curved edge coming to a point at bottom; maker's hallmarks stamped along undersides of both handles.
Credit Line
Gift of Wilmot T. Cox
Object Number
1942.386ab
Marks
stamped: along undersides of handle stems: incuse "20", "W" in oval surround in arms of double-headed griffin, "STERLING H"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.