Fork
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1720–40
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Knife has straight upper edge, lower edge tapering towards the point. Flaring bolster, flat rectangular handle, slightly tapered. Engraved on both sides with human and animal faces, musical instruments, scrolls and a shield. Inscription on the sides, floral decoration at the top.
place: label: 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: 1985-103-279-k
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brass, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 14 x 1.8 cm (5 1/2 x 11/16 in.)