We don’t have an image of this object online yet. V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: M.9A-1967
Find out about our images

Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 67, The Whiteley Galleries

Fork

1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
George W. Adams (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)



Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Fork
Materials and techniques
Silver
Marks and inscriptions
  • Marked below the tines with a Design Registry Mark for 2nd May 1848. Marked on the handle with standard silver marks: maker’s mark, GA, for George Adams, lion-passant to indicate sterling standard, leopard’s head to show the fork was marked at the London Assay Office, date letter Q for 1851, duty mark (monarch’s head). Also has an incised ‘E’, the stock pattern number.
  • Crest and Monogram
  • Unidentified
Object history
Shown at the 1851 Great Exhibition
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.9A-1967

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdMarch 3, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O94360/fork-george-w-adams/
Download as: JSON