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Carving Fork with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal Fork

This is a fork. It was manufactured by Gorham Manufacturing Company. It is dated 1900 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is steel, antler, silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Julian Clarence Levi. It is credited Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi.

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 31.5 × 4.2 × 7.9 cm (12 3/8 × 1 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On neck of handle, front side, stamped: [1] Lion passant (Gorham symbol for sterling) [2] Anchor (Gorham symbol for Providence, Rhode Island) [3] G (Gorham maker's mark) [4[ 'Sterling' [5] H (heavy weight) [6] 4 [7] Bell (date symbol for Gorham, 1900) On underside of hinged rest, stamped: [1] PAT.JUL.13.80 [2] MAY 29 83 On underside of boar's head terminal or finial, stamped: [1] 'Sterling'

Cite this object as

Carving Fork with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal Fork; Manufactured by Gorham Manufacturing Company (United States); USA; steel, antler, silver; L x W x D: 31.5 × 4.2 × 7.9 cm (12 3/8 × 1 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi; 1972-5-3-c

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.

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