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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for a Fish Knife and Fork, ca. 1920

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1831-present, American
  • Alvin Manufacturing Company, ca. 1866-1928, American, associated artist/maker

Title

Design for a Fish Knife and Fork

Year

ca. 1920

Medium

Pencil on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • paper (fiber product),
  • graphite

Dimensions

38.7 x 25.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In pencil in lower right corner, "MEMO. / ALVIN MFG. CO. / FISH KNIFE & FORK."

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.1514A

Related

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Print of a design for a Fish Knife, ca. 1920

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Print of a design for a Fish Knife, ca. 1920

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Print of a design for a Fish Fork, ca. 1920

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Print of a design for a Fish Fork, ca. 1920

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