Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert forks
Object name
Dessert forks
Date
ca. 1905
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 6 7/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in. ( 17.5 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description
Twelve silver dessert forks with downturned oval handles with an allover floral pattern on the front and short midribs on the undersides; undersides of the handles engraved, "LBS" in script; four curved tines on each; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Object Number
INV.14271a-l
Marks
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: "LBS" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "S" in a winged circle, "STERLING" and "THEODORE B. STARR"
Gallery Label
The initials "LBS" refer to Louise Bancker Stafford (1860-1934) who married William Howard Gilder in 1881.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
