New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Dinner fork

Manufacturer Ward and Miller

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1840

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)

InscribedStamped on back of handle: an eagle, "W&M", a man's head and a star. On the back of the handle: "MB" engraved in a conjoined script.

Credit LineBequest of Florence Smith

Object number0.1971.12E

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DescriptionFiddle, thread with slightly forward bent handle and a long drop. On the back of the handle is "MB" engraved in a conjoined script.

Published ReferencesNoel D. Turner. _American Silver Flatware, 1837-1910_. New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1972, p. 287.