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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Fork
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Fork

Artist Ball, Tompkins & Black (American, 1839-1851)
CultureAmerican
Date1846
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
InscribedEngraved "M.M".
Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House, Norfolk, Virginia. The Historic Houses are the property of the City of Norfolk and are operated by The Chrysler Museum.
Object number97.49.9
On View
Not on view
DescriptionSilver dinner fork. Fiddle shape with a shell pattern and leaf motif. Engraved with Moses Myers initials.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Ball, Tompkins & Black
ca. 1840
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Ball, Black & Co.
1851-1876
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2015.
Unknown
ca. 1785
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1853