1992.7.10.2, Unknown, Fish fork, c. 1870


GENERAL DESCRIPTION    
While no part of the design of this fish set, which includes this fish fork and a fish knife (1992.7.10.1), was patented, its eccentric blade and tine shapes were usually used in conjunction with handles designed by John R. Wendt or Bernard D. Beiderhase. As a result, it is believed that this example was produced by either Wendt or Beiderhase, or possibly one of their successor firms, Renziehausen & Co. or Adams & Shaw Co. 

Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 332. 

NOTES
TMS Update - Geo XRefs - place of origin - JBA (10/26/2017)

updated Gen Description and wrote rule - 9/7 (JBA)

I added the following as a TMS text entry: Charles L. Venable, "Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor" (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 332.

I changed the maker from Beiderhausen and Company to Unknown based on information in the "Silver in America" catalogue. Further, Beiderhausen and Company is a mispelling of B. D. Beiderhase & Co. 

I added Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References. 

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Until 1993: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts

From 1993: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above

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General Description
   
While no part of the design of this fish set, which includes this fish fork and a fish knife (1992.7.10.1), was patented, its eccentric blade and tine shapes were usually used in conjunction with handles designed by John R. Wendt or Bernard D. Beiderhase. As a result, it is believed that this example was produced by either Wendt or Beiderhase, or possibly one of their successor firms, Renziehausen & Co. or Adams & Shaw Co. 

Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 332. 

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Nineteenth-Century American Silver.

Notes
TMS Update - Geo XRefs - place of origin - JBA (10/26/2017)

updated Gen Description and wrote rule - 9/7 (JBA)

I added the following as a TMS text entry: Charles L. Venable, "Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor" (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 332.

I changed the maker from Beiderhausen and Company to Unknown based on information in the "Silver in America" catalogue. Further, Beiderhausen and Company is a mispelling of B. D. Beiderhase & Co. 

I added Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References. 

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE
Until 1993: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts

From 1993: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above

AUDIO ASSETS 

VIDEO ASSETS

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fish (animals): AAT: 300266085
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#completed
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United States (nation): TGN: 7012149
*Decorative Arts and Design
decorative arts: AAT: 300054168
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567
casting (process): AAT: 300053104
@Robinson
fish slices: AAT: 300043097
fish forks (serving utensils): AAT: 300200186
silverware (visual works): AAT: 300234016
flatware: AAT: 300199800
utensils: AAT: 300241917
forks (flatware): AAT: 300043099
fish forks (place forks): AAT: 300043109
Wendt_John R.: DMA
B. D. Beiderrhase & Co.: DMA
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