Fork
date: label: Date
content: late 17th to early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three-tined fork, square shoulder, shaped stem with heart-shaped pierced hole, baluster neck. Silver ferrule with engraved borders. Ivory handle carved in deep relief with entwined hunting dogs and prey: roe, stag, rabbits, boar. Button cap at end of handle.
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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: 1985-103-159
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ivory, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 18 x 2.2 cm (7 1/16 x 7/8 in.)