Ice Cream Fork from Rockledge Service
date: label: Date
content: 1911–12
name: label: Designer
content: George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926
label: Manufacturer
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
label: Client
content: Ernest L. and Grace King
label: Retailer
content: Spaulding & Co., American,
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ice cream fork, part of flatware service designed in "Martelé" silver for "Rockledge Estate" in Winona, Minnesota. Three short curving tines formed out of bowl, with outer tines flaring outwards. Wide, sloped, and rounded bowl, with tines and bowl gold plated. Narrow join, leading thick flat handle, with gently rounded sides, widening towards terminal. Obverse side decorated with lily motif within border, stemming from join of handle, continuing up handle with three sets of mirroring leaves on either side of central stem, terminating in mirroring lily blossoms encasing mongram 'EKG.' Terminal in form of segmented or flat arch, with slight upturn at tip. Reverse side of handle undecorated with plain textured hammered suface. Textured hammered surface visible throughout tines and handle.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
label: used in
content: Winona, Minnesota, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1995-49-7
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: fork
label: Type
content: fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: gold plated, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 13.9 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm (5 1/2 × 1 1/8 × 11/16 in.)