Dinner Fork

1847 Rogers Brothers

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

1847 Rogers Brothers. Dinner Fork, ca. 1875. Silver-plate, 7 1/2 x 1 in. (19.1 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman, 87.223.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.87.223.4.jpg)

Title

Dinner Fork

Date

ca. 1875

Geography

Place manufactured: Meriden, Connecticut, United States

Medium

Silver-plate

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 1 in. (19.1 x 2.5 cm)

Signatures

Unsigned

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

on back of stem: 1847 ROGERS BROS XII (indistinguishable circular mark).

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman

Accession Number

87.223.4

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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