Two Long Tined Fork with Brass Panel Decoration
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1730
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two long diverging tines, round shouldered. Shaped bolster. Continuous tang, exposed at sides, handle rectangular in section, curved beak end. Two cast brass scales, each with two panels of scrollwork, alternately with crudely engraved sections. Two rivets through scales and tang.
place: label: possibly made in
content: 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: 1985-103-12
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, brass
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21.6 × 2 × 0.9 cm (8 1/2 × 13/16 × 3/8 in.)