Fork
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1600–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two long tines, curved shoulders. Spiral-shaped neck, globular-shaped towards the handle. Plain silver ferrule, round in section. Carved ivory handle in the shape of Juno, sister and wife of Zeus. In one hand she is holding a scepter, with the other hand she holds the tip of her veil. A peacock is standing in front of Juno, its tail spread around her legs.
place: label: made in
content: possibly Germany
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1985-103-176-c
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Fork
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, silver, ivory
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 18.7 x 2 cm (7 3/8 x 13/16 in.)