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Oyster Fork, "Daisy Pattern"

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Silver-plate
DATES ca. 1885
DIMENSIONS 6 1/16 x 5/8 x 13/32 in. (15.4 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm)
MARKINGS 1847 ROGERS BROS. A1 *
ACCESSION NUMBER 1991.144.5
CREDIT LINE Purchased with funds given by Mary Dutton Boehm
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Oyster fork with three tines, proper right tine notched. Thin undecorated handle flares at midpoint to gently curved crest, decorated with graduating, alternating, inward curving abstracted fronds, and open five petal flower with asymmetrical curving tendrils. Back is undecorated.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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