Two of a set of Eleven Table Forks Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Two of a set of Eleven Table Forks Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.67.1-11
People
Thomas Chawner, British, English (Derbyshire 1734 - between 1802 and 1811)
William Chawner, British
Title
Eleven Table Forks
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
fork
Date
1763- 1764
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229008

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
726 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on stems, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
  • maker's mark: on stems, struck: T / W C / C [probably for T. & W. Chawner, Grimwade, no. 3869]
  • coat of arms: terminal, engraved: crest of ostrich plumes issuing from a coronet

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.114.67.1-11
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tapering stems with flared shoulders, backs of tines with stamped lobe, terminals engraved with crest

Publication History

  • Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), p. 155, cat. no. 137, repr. p. 155, details repr. p. 155.

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