Oyster Fork, "Shrewsbury Pattern"
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
ca. 1890
DIMENSIONS
6 1/2 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. (16.5 x 1.6 x 1 cm)
MARKINGS
1847 ROGERS BROS. A1 *
ACCESSION NUMBER
1991.141.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Robert Tuggle
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Oyster fork with two asymmetrical tines in imitation of lobster claws. Elongated neck with molded coral branch and scallop and nautilus shell, last third of handle flares to gently scalloped end decorated with bifurcated coral, snail, and a small crab in an open conch shell superimposed on a thick twisted rope. Reverse with similar abbreviated design of coral and sea vegetation terminating in scallops.
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