Fork with Amber and Bone Figural Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1650
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two long straight pointed tines. Curved shoulders, short baluster neck. Handle of clear amber, carved in the shape of a woman in costume. The face and the back of the dress of carved opaque white amber. End of tang visible on top of handle.
place: label: made in
content: Possibly Danzig
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1985-103-123
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: amber, bone amber, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 17.7 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm (6 15/16 × 1/2 × 1/2 in.)