Folding Fork with Attachable Spoon Bowl
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1640
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Folding fork (a) with attachable spoon bowl (b). Fork (a) has three curved tines, shoulders scrolled. Hinged at neck, with faceted sliding lock bar. Octagonal handle with engraved fishbone decoration, baluster-shaped finial at terminal. Large oval spoon bowl (b) with three rings on the reverse side to insert tines of the fork when attached, with fork handle serving as spoon handle when attached. Simple trefoil engraved decoration on the base of interior of bowl.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Germany or Netherlands
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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: 1985-103-78-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: fork and spoon bowl
label: Type
content: fork and spoon bowl
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((a) fork and (b) spoon bowl, open): 16 × 4 × 1.5 cm (6 5/16 × 1 9/16 × 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((a) fork and (b) spoon bowl, closed): 9.5 × 4 × 1.7 cm (3 3/4 × 1 9/16 × 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((a) fork, open): 14 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm (5 1/2 × 11/16 × 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((a) fork, closed): 9.5 × 1.7 × 1 cm (3 3/4 × 11/16 × 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D ((b) spoon bowl): 6.3 × 4 × 1.1 cm (2 1/2 × 1 9/16 × 7/16 in.)