Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Possibly
content: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three-tined fork, silver gilt. Flaring at the join, waisted shoulder. Flat baluster shaped neck. Banded ferrule, tapering porcelain handle, irregular in shape. Multi-colored decoration on white ground, on front a man in costume standing next to a tree. On the back a woman in a similar position. Gold decoration on dark blue ground along the sides and the top of the handle.
place: label: possibly made in
content: England
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: 1985-103-218
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: silver, gold, porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18 × 2 × 1.6 cm (7 1/16 × 13/16 × 5/8 in.)