Venetian
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1880–85
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Reed & Barton, American, 1824–2015
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A serving fork with two large tines, finished with hammered surface. At base of tines, stippled spiral pattern covers neck. Undulating curving handle, tapering towards rounded terminal. Surface of handle finished with wood grain texture, interuppted with same stippled spiral pattern seen on neck, and one large spiral in the center of stem and one on terminal. Reverse side of stem and handle plain in surface decoration.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
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: Gift of Historical Design Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2006-30-1
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 plated, metal
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 24 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm (9 7/16 × 1 1/4 × 11/16 in.)