Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three-tined gilded fork, flaring at the join. Waisted shoulder, flat baluster-shaped neck. Banded ferrule. Irregular shaped white porcelain handle with polychrome decoration. On the front a woman with a basket, on the back a boy on a hobby-horse drinking from a glass, both boy and girl standing in from of a tree. Floral decoration at the top of the handle.
place: label: Place
content: England
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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: 1985-103-223
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: gold plated, silver; porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18.9 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm (7 7/16 × 13/16 × 3/4 in.)