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"Assyrian Head" Pattern Fish Serving Fork Fork
This is a fork. It was designed by Rogers Brothers Silver and manufactured by Meriden Brittania Company. It is dated 1885–86 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is silver plated, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Implements of Eating" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
"An extensive collection of individual flatware and serving pieces demonstrates both atste and presumed wealthy, but unfortunately, the ante was constantly being upped (fig. 28). Once everyone began to use forks, for instance, this utensil no longer represented status, even if knowing its proper usage did. Flatware manufactureres played on American's social anxiety and inherent insecurity about their relative lack of sophisticaion vis-a-vis the Europeans by introducing new forms, which led to the unprecedented proliferation of silverware during the second half of the nineteenth century."
It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 23 × 5.6 × 3.3 cm (9 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On reverse of stem, stamped: [1] 1847 Rogers Bros. A1 [2] Meriden B Co in circle around balance scale motif
Cite this object as
"Assyrian Head" Pattern Fish Serving Fork Fork; Designed by Rogers Brothers Silver; Manufactured by Meriden Brittania Company; USA; silver plated, metal; L x W x D: 23 × 5.6 × 3.3 cm (9 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 5/16 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1996-79-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
