Fork
- Object Name:
- Fork
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.085
- Date:
- 1809
- Description:
- Fork, table. Two long, pointed tines, bent outward from use, with a round narrow neck and remains of wood handle. Handle is two-piece, front and back, secured by three metal nails. Comes with note: "Gr.mother Stones table fork / when married in 1809".
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-0.8 L-12.6 inches
- 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
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