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Dessert Fork

1877 (made)
Artist/Maker
Walker & Hall Ltd. (maker)

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Dessert fork
Materials and techniques
Silver
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.8cm
  • Length: 7.5cm
  • Width: 2.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Marked on the stem: ‘W&H’ for Walker and Hall; 'J.E.B.' for John Edward Bingham; lion passant (for sterling standard silver); leopard's head (for the London Assay Office), 'B' (date letter for assay year 1877-78); an incised arrow, the 'broad arrow' symbol to indicate British government property.
Gallery label
29. Dessert Fork
Silver
London, 1877
Walker and Hall
Marked on the handle with two sponsors' marks: 'W&H' for Walker and Hall, and 'J.E.B.' for John Edward Bingham who was a partner in the business. The handle is also marked sterling, London Assay Office, date letter 'B' for 1877, and an incised arrow, possibly the mark of the workman who produced the fork.
M.10A-1967
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.10A-1967

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
Record URL
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