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"Contempra House" Utensils
Designed by: Earl B. Pardon (American, 1926–1991)
Manufactured by: Towle Silversmiths (established 1882)
Manufactured by: Towle Silversmiths (established 1882)
Designed 1955
Object Place: Newburyport, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Silver, stainless steel, enamel
Dimensions
Serving 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 Line
Gift of Lillian Reagen
Accession Number2012.1085-1087
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
DescriptionTwo-pronged fork with stainless steel blade and a silver handle lined with jade-green enamel inside the concave tip. Handle is hollow and cylindrical.
Pie server with wedge-shaped stainless steel blade and a silver handle lined with jade-green enamel inside the concave tip. Handle is hollow and cylindrical.Knife with stainless steel blade and a silver handle lined with jade-green enamel inside the concave tip. Handle is hollow and cylindrical.
Pie server with wedge-shaped stainless steel blade and a silver handle lined with jade-green enamel inside the concave tip. Handle is hollow and cylindrical.Knife with stainless steel blade and a silver handle lined with jade-green enamel inside the concave tip. Handle is hollow and cylindrical.
Marks
"STAINLESS"
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.