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Dessert fork
Object name
Dessert fork
Date
ca. 1844
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 7 1/8 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 18.1 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description
silver dessert fork with a downturned double-swell fiddle handle with a short splayed midrib on the front and engraved, "Beals." in script on the underside; flared shoulders and four curved tines; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Object Number
1950.161
Marks
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "Beals." in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "B. B. WOOD" in a rectangle, "BOSTON" in a rectangle
Gallery Label
This dessert fork belonged to Frances Augusta Beals(1815-1897), born in Boston, MA to William Beals (1785-1870) and Dorothy Whitney Beals (1797-1876). William Beals was the founder of the "Boston Post." Frances Augusta married George Baker (1818-1854) of Boston May 20, 1844 and was given this fork at that time. It descended to the donor's mother at the time of her marriage in 1871.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
