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Dinner Fork, Lorne Pattern

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Silverplate
DATES ca. 1878
DIMENSIONS 7 1/2 x 15/16 x 7/8 in. (19.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Stamped on back: "(star) ROGERS & BRO.A1"
SIGNATURE no signature
INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER 88.112.8
CREDIT LINE Gift of Robert Tuggle
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Dinner fork with four straight tines. First inch of handle is undecorated. The decoration begins with a small molded triangle then a narrow band of ovals and dots surrounded by narrow horizontal bands above and below. Then a broader band of elongated ovals and then more narrow horizontal lines. Next is a band with short diagonal of three dots and then more narrow bands. Next is a one-inch long area with an asymmetric floral design with three full-face flowers, stems, leaves and buds. This is surmounted by a band of five horizontal florets above which is a central floret topped by an anthemion-like motif between symmetric scrolls and fluting that trails out and up towards the curved end of the handle creating a large blank reserve that continues with no decoration to the end of the handle. The reverse is blank. Lorne Pattern. Condition: Good; some loss on heel and to sides of tines on bottom. Normal wear; some scratches.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION 1847 Rogers Brothers. Dinner Fork, Lorne Pattern, ca. 1878. Silverplate, 7 1/2 x 15/16 x 7/8 in. (19.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Tuggle, 88.112.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.112.8_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 88.112.8_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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