fork, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1820- 1840
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.09-.14) that match a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.03-.08)
label: Description
content: Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of tin-plated steel. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on front is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
label: Description
content: Underside of baluster is stamped: “STEEL”
label: Description
content: Blades of matching knives are stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”
label: Description
content: Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
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: 1986.0531.012
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.012
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork, dinner
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pins material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin-plated steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (scales material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 6 5/8 in x 5/8 in; .635 cm x 16.8275 cm x 1.5875 cm