fork, carving; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1844- 1868
notes: label: Description
content: Large two-tined carving fork, one of a two piece carving set with matching dinner knife and fork (1986.0531.039-.42). Baluster stem with hinged kick stand which allows the fork to rest in place on a serving dish. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of steel fitted into a squared block ivory handle with blunt butt. Scratched and stained steel, ivory is yellowed with large crack down one side. No mark.
label: Description
content: Blade of accompanying carving knife is stamped: “W&S BUTCHER/SHEFFIELD”
label: Description
content: Maker is W[illiam] & S[amuel] Butcher, active ca 1819-1947 in Sheffield, England.
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: 1986.0531.040
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork, carving
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork, Carving; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 24.765 cm x 2.2225 cm