Retailer
Baldwin Gardiner
(American, 1791 – 1869)
Table fork
ca. 1835
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Silver
Overall: 8 1/4 in. × 1 1/8 in. × 1 in. (21 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm)
Gift of John B. Morris Jr.
1955.44f
Probably made for the marriage of Mary E. Babcock to William L. Morris who were married in 1827.
DescriptionOne of a set of six silver table forks with upturned, threaded fiddle handles with short midribs on the front and the Morris family crest, a tower in flames, engraved on the underside of the handle; flared shoulders and four curved tines on each; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.Markingsstamped: on the underside of the handle: "B * G" in a rectangle, lion passant in a rctangle, "W" in a rectangle, bust in a rectangle
ClassificationsSILVER