Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)
date: label: Date
content: after 1730
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork has three tines, slightly curved. Long flat neck, sloping from the centre towards the sides. Silver ferrule, octagonal in section. White pistol-shaped porcelain handle. Multi-colored Chinoiserie decoration; tiger, bamboo and flowers on one side, flowers on the reverse side.
place: label: Place
content: 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: 1985-103-190
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: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 20.8 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm (8 3/16 × 7/8 × 5/8 in.)