Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Sardine fork (Arabesque)
Object name
Sardine fork (Arabesque)
Date
ca. 1871
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 5/8 in. ( 16.2 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm )
Silver Weight: 1 oz (troy) 4 dwt (37 g)
Description
Silver sardine fork with downturned trifid-end handle with foliate scroll decoration and shield-shaped reserve, engraved, "D" in gothic script; baluster stem has fan-shaped terminal and chamfered sugarloaf shoulders; spade-shaped fork bowl has foliate engraving across surface and four pointed tines; maker's hallmarks stamped at underside of the stem.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Object Number
1950.173
Marks
engraved: on the handle: "D" in gothic script
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "BALL, BLACK & CO STERLING"
Gallery Label
This sardine fork was given to the donor's mother, Marie Antoinette Baker Davis, on the occasion of her marriage to Fellows Davis, October 17, 1871.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
