Fork
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four tines, slightly curved. Sloping shoulders, baluster-shaped neck. Plain silver ferrule, octagonal in section. Carved ivory handle: a woman in costume wearing a hat (German?), holding an instrument (hurdy-gurdy) under one arm, the other arm resting on the back. The head of the woman is moveable.
place: label: made in
content: possibly Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1985-103-172
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ivory, silver, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 18 x 2.2 cm (7 1/16 x 7/8 in.)