Fork, Pickle
- Object Name:
- Fork, Pickle
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.066
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1890-1905
- Description:
- Pickle or Olive Fork. Silver. Fork in Durgin's "Louis XV" pattern, introduced c. 1890. Long narrow handle having irregular outline and broadening to rounded end; two flat tines curving outward at ends. Embossed decoration on both surfaces of handle consisting of asymmetrical designs of scrolls and shells with cartouche at end on face, enclosing engraved "black letter" initial "D". Impressed marks on reverse of handle shank: "D" and "Sterling" in upper case letters.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.687 L-7.687 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-c.1925) and Susan Dadmun (1844-c.1934) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my 'Durgin' silver." Other items in the collection include: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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