Flatware, "Flagship" Pattern | Yale University Art Gallery

1936

Medium: Silver plate and stainless steel
Dimensions: knife: L. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
spoon: L. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
fork: L. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Credit Line: John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959
Accession Number: 2010.158.19.1-.3
Geography: Manufactured in Meriden, Connecticut
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Flatware
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Provenance

John C. Waddell, New York, 1999–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 15

John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 143, no. 91

Object copyright

Additional information

Marks

"INTERNATIONAL / SILVER CO / INSICO," on blade of knife; "INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO.," in a pellet on back of handle of spoon and fork

"Flagship [with flag]," on both sides of each handle

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