- Fish Knife, Fork, and Box
Fork: 9 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (24.8 × 6 cm)
Box: 1 1/4 × 13 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (3.2 × 33.7 × 12.4 cm)
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By the mid-nineteenth century a companion fork was coupled with the fish slice to form a standard pairing. No other flat service pieces approached the scale, amount of ornament, or popularity of these utensils. The Bayou Bend set, a handsome example of the King’s pattern, is suitably engraved with fish, a basket, a rod, and a net within a Rococo surround.
Technical notes: Both objects are double struck. The set has survived with its original box, which bears the address 565 & 567 Broadway.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceJas A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 1997.
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