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Fork with Stained Green Bone Handles and Silver Appliques

German (Metalworker)
early 18th century
iron, bone, silver
(18th and 19th Centuries )

In 1967, John Hayward of the Victoria and Albert Museum identified these pieces as Saxon.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Baroness Helen Giskra [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1948, by gift.

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Geographies

Germany, Saxony (Place of Origin)

Measurements

L: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Baroness Helen Giskra, 1948

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

57.1805.2

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