Fish Slice
ca. 1872
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
12 1/4 in., 3.103 Troy Ounces (31.1 cm, 96.5g)
Classification
Fish Slice
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of D. Frederick Baker and the Baker/Pisano Collection, 2016
Accession Number
2016.533.12
Art Historical Context
This elegant silver fish slice crafted around 1872 the American firms Schulz Fischer and Hain &, exemplifies the refinedware popular during the G Age. Measuring just 12 inches and weighing little more than three troy ounces, utensil was designed for fish at formal dinners, a period when elaborate rituals highlighted social status and. Its presence in the Metropolitan Museum’s American underscores the growing sophistication of domestic silver production in the United States following the Civil. Silver’s luminous surface durability made it the preferred medium for such specialized, allowing mak...
About the Artist
Schulz & Fischer|Hain & Pollard (American| ) · 1868 |1865 –1887 |1874
American, 1868–1887|American, ca. 1865–74