Folding Fork with Engraved Floral Decoration and Lion Cartouche
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork has four curved tines, curved shoulders. Flat handle flaring towards the end. Hinge and small sliding band. Handle has engraved floral decoration on front and back, with a lion in a cartouche on the back of the handle.
place: label: made in
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: 1985-103-248
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: folding fork
label: Type
content: folding fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (overall): 15.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm (6 in. × 7/8 in. × 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (folded): 9 × 2.3 × 2 cm (3 9/16 × 7/8 × 13/16 in.)