Dessert Fork and Knife with Accompanying Case
date: label: Date
content: 1884
name: label: Maker
content: Francis Higgins III
label: Retailer
content: G. Wilson Barrett & Co., British, ca. 1850? - ca. 1920?
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork (a) with three tines, angular root, and tapering to baluster shaped neck. Knife (b) with ridged diagonal heel and bolster and rounded tip blade. Both fork (a) and knife (b) handles decorated with series of patterned bands flanking top and bottom of the central decorative field. Central field decorated with scrolling foliate design with a sparrow on both obverse and reverse sides, and daisy flowers on each side. Terminal decorated with shell motif fanning out from central point on end of terminal. Case (c) with fitting for fork and knife in velvet lining. Case closed with button closure. Interior of lid stamped with gilt lettering for retailer G. Wilson Barrett & Co.
place: label: made in
content: London, England
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: Gift of Janet Mavec
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1987-77-1-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: fork, knife and case
label: Type
content: fork, knife and case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: gold plated, silver, leather, velvet, silk, satin
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((a) fork): 18.7 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm (7 3/8 × 3/4 × 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((b) knife): 21 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm (8 1/4 × 11/16 × 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((c) case closed): 24.7 × 7.3 × 3.3 cm (9 3/4 × 2 7/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((c) case open): 18.7 × 14.2 × 3.6 cm (7 3/8 × 5 9/16 × 1 7/16 in.)