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Fork (Sucket fork)
Jesse Kip
1700-1729
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jesse Kip (Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1963.0052
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1963.0052
Object Name
Fork (Sucket fork)
Category
Metals
Creator (Role)
Jesse Kip (Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1700-1729
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Handle, underside, near bowl
Inscription: "IK" stamped in a rectangle
Type: Inscription
Location: Bowl, underside
Inscription: "VR / S.·.E" engraved
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Silver
Techniques
- Wrought
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
0.906 (W) x 5.394 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.3 (W) x 13.7 (L)
Dimensions (oz)
0.4586
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Blackburn, Roderic H. & Piwonka, Ruth. 1988 Remembrance of Patria: Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776. 318 p.
• Published: p. 284, cat. no. 308Book: Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 259, no. 222Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488Article: Cutten, George Barton. 1950 Sucket Forks. Antiques. 57 (6)
• Same maker, p. 441.