fork
date: label: date made
content: 1800- 1899
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner fork. Two-tined, tin-plated steel, with chamfered baluster stem, fitted into a tapered wood block handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Tang is held in place with a single brass pin through top. Tin is heavily worn, minor rust. Handle is scratched. Discolored with adhesive residue on back side near butt. Brass has minor corrosion. No mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.246
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.246
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, tin-plated steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 18.415 cm x 1.5875 cm