Chop Set, "Commonwealth" Pattern Maker: Porter Blanchard (American, 1886–1973)

Designed 1929; made probably 1936

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Sterling silver

Dimensions

Fork: 10 7/8 × 13/16 × 3/4 in. (27.6 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm), 3 oz., 7 dwt. (105 g)
Spoon: 10 9/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/8 in. (26.8 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm), 3 oz., 9 dwt. (107 g)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia E. Kane, Ph.D. 1987, and W. Scott Braznell, Art.A. 1967

Accession Number

2018.14.2.1-.2

Geography

Made in Burbank, California

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Flatware

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Provenance
Gladys Ross Dimond (1915–1993), Indiana, upon her marriage in 1936; by descent to her son, Robert W. Dimond, Rochester, Ind., 1993; consigned to eBay, 2010; sold to W. Scott Braznell, Hamden, Conn.; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 6
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Marks

On back of each handle: "STERLING," and " PORTER BLANCHARD," both embossed in round-ended rectangles; "HANDMADE," incuse

Inscriptions

"GRD," engraved vertically, on end of each handle

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