Fork with Figural Carved Wood Handle
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork has four, slightly curved tines, rounded shoulders. Flat flaring neck, octagonal metal socket with twisted wire at edges. Carved wooden handle with four figures; Faith, Hope, Charity and Justice with their attributes, surmounted by scrolls, shell with bird and figure of cherub riding a lion. Around bottom of handle: "IK.LEEF.OP.HOOP" (I am living on hope.) Engraved on socket: KID
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1985-103-52
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: wood, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21.8 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm (8 9/16 in. × 1 1/8 in. × 1 in.)