Fork
Wrought iron
This fork was unearthed by the donor on Rollwood Farm, the museum’s neighbor across Stone House Lane. Hearth-cooking utensils made of iron were just some of the many items a local blacksmith would supply. Blacksmiths were so important to the early colonies that, when Guilford needed one in 1670, the town took a section of land from the Green to offer as a home lot. When that blacksmith left town, the town took another section of the Green for another blacksmith in 1676. That is why the streets at the northeast and southwest corners of the Green do not line up into 4-way intersections.
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