Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1987.045.119 |
Object Name |
Fork, Dinner |
Title |
WALLACE BROS. Dining Fork |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Artist |
Wallace Bros. |
Made |
Wallace Bros. |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Silver-plated, four-tined dinner fork with "WALLACE BROS. OVERLAID" on the verso of the handle. The handle is highly decorative. |
Provenance |
Part of a monogrammed set manufactured by the William Rogers Company and used by the James Albert and Helena Manning family of Owen Sound, Grey County. The set include dinner knives, butter knives, teaspoons, tablespoons, dinner forks, and dessert forks. The flatware next belonged to their daughter, Hazel Manning (b. Dec. 1904-d. August, 1996). She too, spent much of her life in Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Food Service Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Metal |
Dimensions |
W-2.3 L-18 D-0.3 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Manning, Hazel |