Fork from Folding Cutlery Set
date: label: Date
content: 1680–1720
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork with two tines, curved shoulders, baluster-shaped neck. Tines fold over towards the handle. Pistol-shaped bone handle with engraved silver mounts. Five silver studs on front and back, edge steel carved with decorative pattern.
place: label: possibly made in
content: France
label: possibly made in
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1985-103-140
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, bone
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (unfolded): 19.4 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm (7 5/8 × 3/4 × 9/16 in.)