fork, carving; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Carving fork, part of a set with matching knife (see 1986.0531.123). Two-tined with chamfered baluster stem and rectangular bolster. Underside of stem has hinged kick stand to allow fork to rest on plate. Tines, stem, and bolster are one piece of steel with tang fitted into a tapered ivory handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Tang is held in place with iron pin through side. Metal has minor corrosion and rust spots. Ivory is yellowed and crazed. No mark.
label: Description
content: Blade of matching knife is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/GREEN RIVER WORKS”
label: Description
content: Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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: 1986.0531.124
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.124
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fork, Carving
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: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (pin material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 24.765 cm x 1.905 cm