fork, dessert; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840- 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Dessert fork with matching dessert knife (see 1986.0531.001). Three-tined with a chamfered baluster stem. Tines, stem, and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered ivory block handle with a rounded butt. Overall scratches, some discoloration at bolster. Ivory is yellowed, has long crack down left side. No mark.
label: Description
content: Blade of matching knife is stamped: “IBBOTSON&HORNER/EXTRA CAST STEEL”
label: Description
content: Maker is Ibbotson & Horner, a New York-based manufacturer active ca 1850.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.002
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork, dessert
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork, Dessert; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 16.1925 cm x 1.5875 cm