Retailer
J. and I. Cox
(active ca. 1817 - 1853)
Dessert fork
ca. 1840
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Silver
Overall: 7 x 1 x 7/8 in. ( 17.8 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm )
Gift of John B. Morris Jr.
1944.149b
This table fork was used by Margaret Antoinette Morris when she was a student at Miss O'Kies School.
Descriptionsilver dessert fork with an upturned fiddle handle with a short midrib on the front and the engraving, "M. A. Morris/ 28" in script on the underside; flared shoulders and four curved tines; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.Markingsengraved: on the underside of the handle: "M. A. Morris/ 28" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "J. & I. COX" in a rectangle
ClassificationsSILVER
