Folding Fork and Spoon Bowl with Eagle Finial
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Folding fork and spoon bowl. Fork (a), three curved tines, short, rounded shoulders, decorative chiseling at the joint and neck. Hinged at the neck, locket engraved with floral pattern. Square handle with eagle on top. Spoon bowl (b), large oval-shaped spoon bowl with three rings on the back which can be slotted over the tines of the fork.
place: label: made in
content: Possibly Zeeland, Netherlands
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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: 1985-103-102-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: fork and spoon bowl
label: Type
content: fork and spoon bowl
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (Overall, (a) fork and (b) spoon bowl): 19.5 × 5 × 3.7 cm (7 11/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((a) fork): 16 × 1.5 × 1 cm (6 5/16 × 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((b) spoon bowl): 7 × 5 × 1.5 cm (2 3/4 × 1 15/16 × 9/16 in.)