"Simplicity" flatware (two place settings, five pieces each)
Porter George Blanchard
(American, 1886–1973)
about 1930
Medium/TechniqueSilver, silverplate
DimensionsOverall (large spoon): 17.8 x 3.8 cm (7 x 1 1/2 in.)
Overall (Fork): 17.1 x 2.2 cm (6 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Overall (Spoon): 15.2 x 2.9 cm (6 x 1 1/8 in.)
Overall (Knife): 15.2 x 2.9 cm (6 x 1 1/8 in.)
Overall (Fork): 17.1 x 2.2 cm (6 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Overall (Spoon): 15.2 x 2.9 cm (6 x 1 1/8 in.)
Overall (Knife): 15.2 x 2.9 cm (6 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1365.1-10
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2008, owned by Off the Wall Antiques (gallery), Los Angeles, California; February 19, 2008, sold to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
