Folding Fork with Engraved Decoration From Traveling Cutlery Set
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1827
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fork has three short straight tines, rounded shoulders, flat handle flaring towards the end. Hinge and small sliding sleeve, tines bend towards handle. End of handle has decorative border on front.
place: label: made in
content: possibly 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: 1985-103-257
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: gold plated, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18.9 × 2.5 × 0.9 cm (7 7/16 in. × 1 in. × 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (folded): 10.5 × 2.5 × 1.2 cm (4 1/8 in. × 1 in. × 1/2 in.)