Fork
date: label: Date
content: 1770–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork has two long pointed tines, baluster-shaped neck, silver ferrule decorated with floral pattern. Tapered handle octagonal-shaped in centre, end of handle decorated with horizontal silver band and mother-of-pearl points. Silver mount on top of handle has inscription, ivory knob in centre. The end of handle screwed to the handle; pepper container.
place: label: made in
content: possibly 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: 1985-103-91
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, horn, silver, mother-of-pearl, ivory
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 20.1 x 1.7 cm (7 15/16 x 11/16 in.)