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FORK FROM A SILVERWARE SET, ONE OF SIX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The handles for all have the main section in banded agate with a silver section at either end set with pieces of turquoise. The blades have a fancy curved shape and are engraved with a tree and scroll motif and a standing Oriental figure. The forks have four tines and are elaborately engraved with leaf motifs near the opposite end.

Object name:
FORK FROM A SILVERWARE SET, ONE OF SIX
Made from:
Silver -- agate -- turquoise
Made in:
Bokhara,
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.119.3
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973