Fork Maker: Unknown

ca. 1710–1720

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1397

Geography

Probably made in England

Culture

British

Period

18th century

Classification

Flatware

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Provenance
According to tradition, originally owned by Ann Hurd (b. 1735), but also possibly originally owned by her aunt, Anna Hurd (1700-1718), or her great-grandmother, Anna (Wilson) Hurd (d. 1728); D. E. Furness; Francis P. Garvan, New York, to 1930; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Sarah D. Coffin, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and COPIA: American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts, Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table 1500-2005 (New York: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2006),
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 319, no. 546, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

forks

Marks

"ID" above "P" in heart (?) on back of handle

Inscriptions

A Hurd, sideways in ellipse under tip on back

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