Dinner Fork
date: label: date made; year pattern introduced
content: 1871 or later
label: patent date
content: 1870-09-30
name: label: parent company
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John H. Crea
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.66.0584D
label: catalog number
content: 66.0584D
label: accession number
content: 265238
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork
label: Object Type
content: flatware
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplate (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 6 7/8 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11/16 in x 6 7/8 in; 1.7145 cm x 17.4625 cm