Fork with Ornately Engraved Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1621
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four slightly curved, pointed tines, sloping shoulders and long baluster neck. Tapered handle with flat sides, open scrolls at the top. Engraved figural designs: two figures on front and back, one holding cross, wear making figures unidentifiable. Illegible inscriptions below each figure.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands or Flanders
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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: 1985-103-74
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: silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 17.5 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm (6 7/8 × 9/16 × 5/16 in.)