Fork with Earthenware Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1760–70
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two long curved tines, waisted shoulders, baluster neck. Silver ferrule, banded with scalloped edge. Pistol-shaped handle, earthenware, white ground with floral sprays in blue, yellow, green and purple. Small metal cap at the end of the handle.
place: label: made in
content: probably 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: 1985-103-212
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: steel, silver, earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 19.6 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm (7 11/16 in. × 1 in. × 13/16 in.)