Design for Silver Forks
By Michael Gibney
Patent granted 1848
Ink washes on paper, color ink stamps and crayon notations
14" x 9 1/4"
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Patent
and Trademark Office
Flatware Design Patents: Michael Gibney's
Fork
Michael Gibney applied for a design patent for
this pattern of decoration for a fork and other pieces of silverware.