A SILVER MEAT SKEWER

MAKER'S MARK OF NATHANIEL HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1765

Details

A SILVER MEAT SKEWER
Maker's mark of Nathaniel Hurd, Boston, circa 1765
Of typical form with slightly chamfered sides and ring handle, marked on body near handle
13in. long; 2oz.
Hurd, Nathaniel

Lot Essay

A similar meat skewer by Nathaniel Hurd is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825, cat. entry 315, p. 356. Buhler states that American silver meat skewers are "surprisingly rare."

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