Etui Fork with Green-stained Ivory and Mother-of-Pearl Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three flat tines, flat baluster-shaped neck. Rectangular handle with pewter sides. Front and back green painted ivory, inlaid with diamond-shaped mother-of-pearl and pewter in the centre of the handle. Blade of knife (a) slides into handle of fork (b), tines of fork slide into handle of knife.
place: label: made in
content: probably 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: 1985-103-133-b
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Etui fork
label: Type
content: Etui fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: green-stained ivory, pewter, steel, mother-of-pearl
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18.4 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm (7 1/4 × 11/16 × 1/2 in.)