The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
Group of Very Fine and Rare American Wrought Iron and Brass Cooking Utensils, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Late 18th and early 19th Century
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Auction Closed
January 23, 10:36 PM GMT
Estimate
400 - 800 USD
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Group of Very Fine and Rare American Wrought Iron and Brass Cooking Utensils
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Late 18th and early 19th Century
Comprising a wrought iron pierced heart head spatula with stamped handle H. Hantz, two wrought iron flesh forks; one with brass inlaid initials W.L on the handles, the other with a pierced heart and hanging hook handles. (3 pieces)
Length of inlaid flesh fork 20 1/2 in.
Closely related forks are illustrated in Richard I. Barons, The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehanna Valley, (Binghamton, New York: Robertson Center, 1981), no. 194, Jeannette Lasansky, To Draw, Upset, & Weld: The Work of the Pennsylvania Rural Blacksmith 1742-1935, (Lewisburg, PA: Oral Traditions Project of the Union County Historical Society, 1980), 69-71, and Richard Barrons, The American Hearth: Colonial and Post-Colonial Cooking Tools, (Binghamton, NY: Broome County Historical Society, 1976), no. 43.