Fish Slice

Provenance

Pauline Agassiz (1841-1917) (m. Quincy Adams Shaw (1825-1908), 1860); to her daughter, Pauline Shaw Fenno (1863-1953); to her daughter, Marian Shaw Fenno McIlvaine (1903-1987); to her son, William B. McILvaine (b. 1927), Chicago ; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.

Fish Slice

Harding, Newell and Company

c. 1830–60

Accession Number

72729

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

H.: 28 cm (11 in.)

Classification

utensil for serving food

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of William B. McIlvaine Jr. in memory of his mother Marian Fenno McIlvaine