Dinner Fork, Rex Pattern
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silver plate
DATES
Patented 1894
DIMENSIONS
7 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. (19.5 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Stamped on back: "PAT JAN 30 1894" (?), REED & BARTON". "4(?)".
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1990.141.15
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Nathan L. Burnett
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Fork, silver plate. Dinner fork with four straight tines. Handle with symmetrical scalloped edges flaring to an upturned crest with rounded shoulders. Molded decoration of handle in high relief following scalloped edges in scrolling leaf pattern. Top of crest terminating with two joining scrolls above two-handled urn form. Reverse with leafy sprays, and scrolls with fleur-de-lys at crest and neck. Rex pattern.
Condition: Good; some loss of plating on tines, normal wear on heel and crest, overall scratches. Third tine from left bent slightly forward.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Reed & Barton (American, 1840–present). Dinner Fork, Rex Pattern, Patented 1894. Silver plate, 7 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. (19.5 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nathan L. Burnett, 1990.141.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.141.15_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1990.141.15_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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