Fork, Dinner
- Object Name:
- Fork, Dinner
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.031
- Creator:
- Durgin Silver Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Set of twelve identical silver forks. Owned by Alice Cilley Stone (1849-1934) of Dunbarton, NH, around the time of her marriage in 1881. Four tines, rounded handle, flat end turned up. Script "C" engraved on flat of handle. Underside of handle stamped "DURGIN SILVER CO."
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-0.9 L-7.5 inches Weight-1.9 oz
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)
- Subjects:
- Silver services, Forks
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