Collection Highlights
Empire State Building, N.Y.C.
1940
1940.978
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Oyster fork
Object name
Oyster fork
Date
ca. 1905
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 5 3/8 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 13.7 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description
silver oyster fork with a downturned oval handle with an all over foliate design; underside of the handle engraved, "LBS" in script; three pointed tines; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Object Number
INV.14559b
Marks
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "S" in a circle with wings, "STERLING" and "THEODORE B. STARR"
engraved: on the underside of the handles: "LBS" in script
Gallery Label
LBS is Louise Bancker Stafford (1860-1934), who married William Howard Gilder in 1881.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
