Fork
- Object Name:
- Fork
- Object ID:
- 2012.012.02
- Date:
- 1861-1865
- Description:
- Fork, steel with bone handle. One of a pair. Found with letters of George, Charles, and Horace Morrison, brothers from Haverhill, NH, who served in the Civil War. Steel very corroded. Two tines, one shorter than the other due to corrosion. Steel tang held between two pieces of bone, secured with two metal pins. Tang is broken; shank is loose and rotates on pin.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Skeletal
Bone - Dimensions:
- W-0.7 L-5.8 D-0.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Came with collection of ~70 letters of George, Charles, and Horace Morrison, brothers from Haverhill, NH, who served in the Civil War. According to family tradition, the forks were used by George W. Morrison (1832-1917) when he was held in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Eunice Desjardins
- People:
- Morrison, George W. (1832-1917)
- Subjects:
- Civil War, Prisoners of war, Prisons
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