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"Simplicity" flatware (two place settings, five pieces each)
Image Not Available for "Simplicity" flatware (two place settings, five pieces each)

"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.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1365.1-10
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver 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)
Porter George Blanchard
about 1930
Henry C. Porter & Co.
about 1830
Henry C. Porter & Co.
about 1830
Group shot: 2014.1295.1-4
Jean George Theobald
designed 1928
Group shot: 2014.1455.1-4
Jean George Theobald
designed 1928
Black, Starr and Frost
about 1925–1929
Pitcher
Richard Bogardus Blanchard
about 1927–30
Mug
Roswell Gleason and Sons
1851–71
Stand only
Roswell Gleason and Sons
1851–71
Bateau
Gorham Manufacturing Company
about 1959–60
Urn
Roswell Gleason and Sons
1851–71
Coffeepot
Roswell Gleason
1840–50