Oyster Fork, "Owl Pattern"
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
ca. 1885
DIMENSIONS
6 1/16 x 5/8 x 7/16 in. (15.4 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm)
MARKINGS
1947 ROGERS BROS. A1 *
ACCESSION NUMBER
1991.144.3
CREDIT LINE
Purchased with funds given by Mary Dutton Boehm
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Oyster fork with standard three tines, proper right notched. Thin neck leads to squared, twisted midsection. Handle flares at last third to flattened top and rounded shoulders, decorated with abstract symmetrical floral motif, and four superimposed, graduated abstracted feathers and frontal faced owl at crest on a stippled ground. Back is undecorated.
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