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Fork (England)
This is a fork. It is dated 18th–19th century and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Manufacturing and Marketing in Europe 1600-2000" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
" Flateware passed through many stages and premises. Barnards, the largest manufacturing business in Britain during the first half of the nineteenth century, supplied flatware to Rundell and Bridge and to Garrards, although the metal "blanks" had probably been supplied from Sheffield. In 1857, Barnards supplied Gawner and Adams with "German silver" blanks already stamped with Kings pattern, which they then shaped and sent back to electroplating. So who was the manufactuere? The finished product almost certainly bore the stamp of the retailer. (figs. 23, 24)"
This object was
donated by
Richard Morrill.
It is credited Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrill.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 21.5 × 3 × 2 cm (8 7/16 × 1 3/16 × 13/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Fork (England); silver; L x W x D: 21.5 × 3 × 2 cm (8 7/16 × 1 3/16 × 13/16 in.); Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrill; 1992-41-6
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
