Fork, Serving
- Object Name:
- Fork, Serving
- Object ID:
- 2025.015.02.01
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1870-1880
- Description:
- Fork, Serving. Silver serving fork from a pair of salad servers, William B. Durgin, Concord, New Hampshire, 1870-1880. Hand hammered with an engraved seahell and seaweed design that ends in a raised lobster on the handle. With its three large splayed tines and seafood motif the serving fork evokes Poseidon's trident. The underside of the neck is stamped "STERLING" with the Durgin maker's mark of the letter "D" above a flying bird within a wreath.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- W-2.125 L-10.75 D-1.125 inches
- Credit Line:
- Richard F. Upton New Hampshire Silver Collection, Gift of William W. Upton
- People:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
- Subjects:
- Silversmiths, Silver services, Silverware industry, Seashells, Seafood, Seaweed, Salads, Lobsters
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