Fork with Silver Handle
date: label: Date
content: 1725–1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two-tined steel fork with round shoulders and baluster neck. Tapered beaked handle of rectangular section with cushion sides. Ribbed and engraved silver ferrule and end. Two horn or tortoise shell plates; one side inlaid with silver reclining female nude and cherub in landscape; opposite side with standing female nude with raised parasol. Silver side panels engraved with scrolled foliage. Handle shows partial inscription in fraktur letters (possibly "Ang" or "Guv") painted in glossy red pigment.
place: label: 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: 1985-103-19
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, steel, horn or tortoise shell
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21.4 × 2 × 1.5 cm (8 7/16 × 13/16 × 9/16 in.)