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silverware

Object NameKnife, Fork and Spoon

Made FromGlass, silver-gilt

Date1875-1900

Place Madeprobably Bohemia

Techniquecut, gilt

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number66.3.12

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis Hatch

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; cut, gilt. Elaborately turned solid glass handle; turnip-shaped end, tapered section below, with cut waisted section, barrel-shaped section, waisted section, and cylindrical section, with elaborate gilt decoration of foliate scrolls and tracery; set into openwork sockets with raised bosses, on a turned, beaded capstan section; set into (A) a thin, curved knife blade with pierced foliate design, stamped "13" in a rectangle. (B) A three-tined fork, with fluted handle, pierced decoration on the fork. (C) Oval spoon, with fluted handle, raised trefoil panel on the back, with stylized flower within.
Provenance

Source John Davis Hatch

Source Mrs. John Davis Hatch