Fork with Green-stained Ivory and Silver Applieque Handle
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four curved tines, curved shoulders and long baluster neck, Plain oval ferrule. Flaring ivory handle, painted green, octagonal in section, carved with vertical lines. Small silver appliques, floral and leaf-shaped, on front and back. Silver mount on top of handle showing a lion.
place: label: made in
content: probably Solingen, 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: 1985-103-130
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: green-stained ivory, silver, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18.6 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm (7 5/16 × 11/16 × 9/16 in.)