Toasting Fork with Mahogany Handle
Culture: Irish
Period: Georgian
Dynasty: House of Hanover
Date: ca. 1792-1793
Place made:Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
General region:Europe
Medium: Sterling silver and mahogany
Dimensions:
l. 30 5/8 in. (77.8 cm)
tines: w. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Object number: 2004.13.148
Markings: Hallmarked on handle: date letter for 1792, sterling standard (crown and harp), City of Dublin (Hibernia). Three stamps underside fork handle. Inscription "a 6981"
Front side of fork handle is engraved number 950.
Inscribed: Annotated: a 6918 / 950
Exhibition History: Irish Silver from a Texas Collection, San Antonio Museum of Art, Fourth Floor, East Tower
Not on view
In Collection(s)
The San Antonio Museum of Art is in the process of digitizing its permanent collection. This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect SAMA's complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
This resource has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.
