Fork and Knife with Carved Oak Handles
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Knife (a) with elongated blade, slight swelling in midsection and tapering to a point. Brass banded ferrule joining steel blade with oak handle. Oak handle tapering towards terminal, half spherical socket (likely formely surrounding brass ball finial). Oak handle decorated in carved diamond pattern, with alternating diagonal hatching. Brass beads inset at intersections of each diamond shape. Fork (b) with three elongated tines, baluster shaped neck, brass banded ferrule joining steel tines with oak handle. Oak handle tapering towards terminal, half spherical socket (likely formely surrounding brass ball finial). Oak handle decorated in carved diamond pattern, with alternating diagonal hatching. Brass beads inset at intersections of each diamond shape.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Scotland
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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: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1989-95-1-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: fork and knife
label: Type
content: fork and knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, oak, brass
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((a) knife): 17.5 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm (6 7/8 × 13/16 × 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((b) fork): 14.3 × 1.9 × 2.1 cm (5 5/8 × 3/4 × 13/16 in.)