"Tipsy Tavener"
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–mid-19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four tine fork with faceted shank. Handle formed as a fully modelled, carved ivory bearded man leaning to his right, clutching a drinking cup close to his side with his right hand and his belly with his left hand, a flask hung over his shoulder. He stands on a coiled serpent.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Germany or Switzerland
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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: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-84-15
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: ivory, later silver-plated metal tines
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 19.5 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm (7 11/16 in. × 1 1/2 in. × 1 in.)