Tools and EquipmentAmerican18th-19th century

Fork

18th-19th century

Artists

Pratt Ropes Webb & Co.Artist

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Medium

Metal (steel?) with ivory handle

Culture

American

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

18.7 x 1.6 cm (7 3/8 x 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Charles Eliot Norton, gift from his cousins, 1849. By descent to daughters, the Misses Elizabeth G. and Margaret Norton. Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

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