Folding Spoon From a Traveling Cutlery Set
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700–10
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oval-shaped rattail spoonbowl. Flat, slightly curved neck with hinge and small sliding sleeve. Flat handle with trifid end. Engraved with v-shaped pattern at the front and back of neck. The handle is engraved on both sides with stylized leaves and fruits. The bowl bends forward.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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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: 1985-103-262
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: spoon
label: Type
content: spoon
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brass
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 17.8 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm (7 in. × 1 5/8 in. × 1 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (folded): 10 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm (3 15/16 in. × 1 5/8 in. × 1 in.)