Traveling Fork with Ivory Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1798–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Silver fork has three curved tines, curved shoulders and flat tapering neck with diamond-shaped decoration at back of join. Plain rectangular ferrule. Pistol-shaped handle of carved ivory with beaded cresting on the top of the handle and halfway on one side. End of handle carved on the front and back with snail-shell and drop-shaped ornaments.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: 1985-103-198
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: ivory, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 16 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm (6 5/16 × 11/16 × 1/2 in.)