Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Dessert fork
Object Number:
1944.149b
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 1 x 7/8 in. ( 17.8 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "M. A. Morris/ 28" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "J. & I. COX" in a rectangle
Description:
silver dessert fork with an upturned fiddle handle with a short midrib on the front and the engraving, "M. A. Morris/ 28" in script on the underside; flared shoulders and four curved tines; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Gallery Label:
This table fork was used by Margaret Antoinette Morris when she was a student at Miss O'Kies School.
Credit Line:
Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.
Provenance:
Margaret Antoinette Morris (b. 1830); 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.
