Dinner fork

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Dinner fork

Entry/Object ID

VC.91.7

Description

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.

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

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.91.5 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.10 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.2 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.6 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.8 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.1 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.3 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.4 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.9 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.11 - Dinner fork - Part of set VC.91.12 - 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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial