Dinner Fork, Lorne Pattern
Decorative Arts and Design
MAKER
1847 Rogers Brothers
MEDIUM
Silverplate
DATES
ca. 1878
DIMENSIONS
7 1/2 x 15/16 x 7/8 in. (19.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Stamped on back: "(star) ROGERS & BRO.A1"
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
88.112.8
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Robert Tuggle
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Dinner fork with four straight tines. First inch of handle is undecorated. The decoration begins with a small molded triangle then a narrow band of ovals and dots surrounded by narrow horizontal bands above and below. Then a broader band of elongated ovals and then more narrow horizontal lines. Next is a band with short diagonal of three dots and then more narrow bands. Next is a one-inch long area with an asymmetric floral design with three full-face flowers, stems, leaves and buds. This is surmounted by a band of five horizontal florets above which is a central floret topped by an anthemion-like motif between symmetric scrolls and fluting that trails out and up towards the curved end of the handle creating a large blank reserve that continues with no decoration to the end of the handle. The reverse is blank. Lorne Pattern.
Condition: Good; some loss on heel and to sides of tines on bottom. Normal wear; some scratches.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
1847 Rogers Brothers. Dinner Fork, Lorne Pattern, ca. 1878. Silverplate, 7 1/2 x 15/16 x 7/8 in. (19.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Tuggle, 88.112.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.112.8_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 88.112.8_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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