Louis XVI Pattern Salad Fork
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1909
name: label: Designer
content: Joseph E. Birmingham
label: Manufacturer
content: Shreve & Co., founded 1852
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Integral construction. Four tapering tines cut at sharp diagonal angle at bowl. One outside tine flatter and wider than others and with notched point, to be used as cutting edge. Handle of rectangular line ending in shouldered, rectangular fiddle terminal embossed with oval wreath with ribbon bow, enclosing monogram. Slight upturn at end of terminal.
place: label: manufactured in
content: San Francisco, USA
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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 Joy Newport Jepson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1991-117-4
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
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 15.2 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm (6 in. × 1 1/8 in. × 7/8 in.)