Cooking Fork
date: label: date made
content: 1780 - 1830
notes: label: Description
content: Long-handled fork with arched shaft, circular in section, ending in a flattened, shaped hanger with counterclockwise loop having a single curl; two, circular-section, straight tines have wishbone or sloped shoulders. Handle face is stamped with two incuse X's between parallel lines. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Norwood
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Food Processing
label: Subject
content: Kitchen utensils
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. H. B. (Clara Babcock) Blackmar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.59.2244
label: catalog number
content: 59.2244
label: accession number
content: 220211
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 22 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 55.88 cm x 5.715 cm