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Fork
1750-1780
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (agateware)
- Steel
- Silver
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.1424.004
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.1424.004
Object Name
Fork
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1750-1780
Materials
- Earthenware (agateware)
- Steel
- Silver
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
0.9 (H) x 1 (W) x 8.3 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.2 (H) x 2.5 (W) x 21.2 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Williams, Peter. 2000 A Passion for Pottery: Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection.
• Illustration of related objects: p. 245, pl. 167.Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Discussion of English agateware in early America: pp. 84-85. Includes early documentary references.