Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1755–1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three curved tines, waisted shoulder, and baluster-shaped neck. Banded silver ferrule. Pistol-shaped white porcelain handle, decorated with raised scrollwork and floral sprays on front and back in yellow, blue, red, green, pink and purple. Small silver cap at the end of the handle.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1985-103-214
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: fork
label: Type
content: fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, silver; porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm (8 1/4 in. × 1 in. × 9/16 in.)