Fork with Porcelain Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1744
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two long curved tines, rounded shoulders and a baluster-shaped neck. Silver ferrule has horizontal bands and a scalloped edge. Pistol-shaped white porcelain handle with dark blue floral and scrolled decoration.
place: label: Place
content: France
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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: 1985-103-229
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: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 22.3 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm (8 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 13/16 in.)