Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Luce Center
Fork
Object Number:
1731
Date:
1750-1790
Medium:
Steel, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. ( 17.8 x 1.6 x 1 cm )
Description:
Salad fork with steel tines and ovoid bulb handle attached to a rectangular bone handle with canted edges, painted green.
Gallery Label:
This fork and matching fork and knife were used by Robert Rutgers (1731-1796).
Credit Line:
Gift of Misses Elizabeth Rutgers Baldwin and Margaret Bayard Baldwin, 9/29/31
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
