Folding Fork with Brass Handle
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork has four curved tines, rounded shoulders. Plain flat neck which is hinged. Centre of handle made of steel, brass along the sides, top has flat round shape. Simple engraved floral decoration on front and back.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands or possibly Spain
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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: 1985-103-103
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: brass, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 14.5 × 2.3 × 1 cm (5 11/16 × 7/8 × 3/8 in.)