Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Luce Center
Dessert fork
Object Number:
INV.14486
Date:
ca. 1840-1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 1 x 3/4 in. ( 19.4 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "MGH" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "P. B. SADTLER BALTIMORE"
Description:
silver dessert fork with an upturned fiddle thread handle with a short midrib and the engraved initials, "MGH" in script on the front; four curved tines; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Gallery Label:
The initials "MGH" refer to Mary G. Howard who married William Hughes Gilder in Baltimore in 1856.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
