fork, carving
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: maker
content: Lamson & Goodnow
notes: label: Description
content: Carving fork, steel. Two-tined with chamfered baluster stem. Hinged kick-stand on underside of stem to set on side of dish. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of steel. Tang has wooden scales riveted to top and bottom with brass pins to form a block handle with chamfered sides and rounded butt. Bolster is formed by two rectangular pieces of steel welded to stem and mortised into wooden scales. Heavily stained and scratched. Tang is bent. Metal has minor rust spots. Brass is corroded. No mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Shelburne Falls
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.182
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.182
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork, carving
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork, Carving; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (scales material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 26.035 cm x 2.2225 cm