Traveling Fork
date: label: Date
content: mid–late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork has two straight tines, angular shoulders and a baluster-shaped neck. Tapering handle, round in section, with filigree; floral and paisley design around a plain silver shaft. Rosette at the end of handle.
place: label: made in
content: Northern Germany or Denmark
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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: 1985-103-273
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, brass
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 16.7 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm (6 9/16 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)