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Fork

Object Name:
Fork
Object ID:
1984.027.08.3
Creator:
Rogers, Smith & Company -- Silversmith
Place of Origin:
Hartford, CT/Meriden, CT
Date:
1857-1880
Description:
Fork. Made by Rogers, Smith & Company. Silver-plated metal. Double-swell fiddle handle, with upturned rounded end, and 1/2" mid-rib on the front; rounded fins; and four pointed tines. "W", engraved in Old English script on front of handle. Stamped on back of stem, in upper-case Roman letters, "ROGERS SMITH&CO." (the last O is a smaller typeface and raised, with a line underneath it), and "A1 6", incuse. One of a set of three (1984.27.8.1-.3).
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
W-0.9 L-7.125 inches
Provenance:
Associated with the White Memorial Universalist Church (organized 1842), Concord, NH, or the family of Nathaniel and Armenia White, benefactors for whom the Church was renamed in 1885.
Credit Line:
Gift of the White Memorial Universalist Church
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