Tools and EquipmentBritish18th century

Skewer

1756-1757

Artists

Maker’s mark IRArtist

Description

Of plain tapering form with ring terminal, engraved, in the nineteenth century, with the initial B in Gothic script.

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Medium

Silver

Culture

British

Period

George II (1727-1760)

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.) 79 g

Provenance

Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

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