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Collection Highlights

Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
Artist/Maker: Brooklyn Glass Works

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Dessert fork

Dessert fork
Dessert fork
Dessert fork
Object name 
Dessert fork
Date 
ca. 1840
Related People 
Retailer: J. and I. Cox
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
Overall: 6 5/8 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 16.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description 
silver dessert fork with an upturned fiddle thread handle with short midribs on both sides and the engraving, "F. Morris/ N. 27" in script on the underside; flared shoulders and four curved tines; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line 
Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.
Object Number 
1944.149a
Marks 
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "F. Morris/ N. 27" in script stamped: on the underside of the handle: "J. & I. COX" in a rectangle
Provenance 
Frances Morris (b.1832); to her brother John Babcock Morris (b.1839), who married Mary E. Faitoute; to their son John Babcock Morris Jr. (1881-1957), the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.