"Contempra House" Utensils
Earl B. Pardon
(American, 1926–1991)
Towle Silversmiths
(established 1882)
Designed 1955
Object PlaceNewburyport, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueSilver, stainless steel, enamel
DimensionsServing fork: 23 x 2.2 cm (9 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Pie server: 27.3 x 5.6 cm (10 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Knife: 27 x 2.1 cm (10 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Pie server: 27.3 x 5.6 cm (10 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Knife: 27 x 2.1 cm (10 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Lillian Reagen
Accession number2012.1085-1087
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1970, gift of Earl Pardon (b. 1926 - d. 1991) and Eunice Pardon to Lillian Reagen, Northumberland, PA [see note 1]; 2012, year-end gift of Lillian Reagen to the MFA. (Accession date: February 27, 2013)
NOTES:
[1] Lillian Reagen was a librarian at Skidmore College, where her longtime friend, Earl Pardon, was on the faculty.
NOTES:
[1] Lillian Reagen was a librarian at Skidmore College, where her longtime friend, Earl Pardon, was on the faculty.
