Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Table fork
Object Number:
1941.951a
Date:
ca. 1845
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 in. ( 21 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "HMW" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "GELSTON & TREADWELL" in a rectangle
Description:
silver table fork with threaded fiddle handle with short midribs on both sides and the engraved initials, "HMW" in script; flared shoulder and four curved tines; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
