Fork with Porcelain Handle
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Probably
content: Bow Porcelain Manufactory, English, active ca. 1744 – 1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three curved tines, rounded shoulders. Baluster-shaped neck. Silver ferrule with scalloped edge. Pistol-shaped handle decorated in relief with floral sprays and a parrot's head at the top of the handle.
place: label: Place
content: England
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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: 1985-103-206
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: steel, silver; soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 17.3 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm (6 13/16 × 3/4 × 11/16 in.)