Fork, Dinner
- Object Name:
- Fork, Dinner
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.034
- Creator:
- Rogers, Smith & Company
- Place of Origin:
- Meriden, CT
- 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. Raised floral scrollwork on both sides of handle. Script "C" engraved on flat of handle. Underside of handle stamped "ROGERS, SMITH & Co AL".
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-1 L-7.4 inches Weight-1.6 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. - People:
- Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)
- Subjects:
- Silver services, Forks
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