"Just IMPORTED and to be SOLD": Methods of Acquisition and Use of Knives, Forks, and Silver Spoons in Eighteenth-Century Virginia

Author

Lydia Barrett Blackmore, College of William and Mary

Date Thesis Awarded

5-2010

Access Type

Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only

Degree Name

Bachelors of Arts (BA)

Department

History

Advisor

Julie Richter

Committee Members

Susan Kern

Martin D. Gallivan

Abstract

This study of the material culture and economic influences of dining knives, forks, and silver spoons analyzes the tobacco economy and gentry dining ritual and compares importation versus local production of fine utensils.

Recommended Citation

Blackmore, Lydia Barrett, ""Just IMPORTED and to be SOLD": Methods of Acquisition and Use of Knives, Forks, and Silver Spoons in Eighteenth-Century Virginia" (2010). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 664.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/664

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Comments

Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.