Silver dinner fork: down turned fiddle end handle with shell decoration and engraved script "VC" on front; chamfered rounded shoulders on handle near juncture of tine end; four tines; back of tine end has outlined shell decoration.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
B. Gardiner & Company
Attribution
Maker
Date made
1826 - 1850
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Transcription
"B. GARDINER" mark in serrated rectangle stamped on back of handle end.
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
7-1/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Material
silver
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Van Cortlandt Family
Notes
Former owner
Related Entries
Notes
VC.91.8 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.12 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.3 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.1 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.2 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.4 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.6 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.7 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.9 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.10 - Dinner fork - Part of set
VC.91.11 - Dinner fork - Part of set
General Notes
Note Type
General Note
Note
of twelve
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14C
