fork; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: ca 1912
name: label: maker
content: Landers, Frary & Clark
notes: label: Description
content: Fork, part of a picnic set with matching knife (1986.0531.062A). Short three-tined fork with flat baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of steel fitted with pewter bolster into a wooden handle with rounded sides and blunt butt. Handle is comprised of two pieces of wood riveted to tang with brass pins. When placed facing one another, knife and fork fit together. Metal is scratched and stained overall, minor rust, nicks in bolster. Wood is separating towards butt. No mark.
label: Description
content: Blade of matching knife is etched: “UNIVERSAL/L.F.&C.”
label: Description
content: Maker is Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Connecticut (c. 1862). In 1890, L. F. & C. took on the Trademark “Universal”, in 1965, General Electric acquired the company. The company began using the abbreviation “L.F.& C.” in 1898, this mark is dated 1912.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Britain
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: 1986.0531.062B
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.062B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife and Fork Set
label: Object Name
content: fork
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife and Fork Set; Knife & Fork Set; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, pewter (bolster material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 18.415 cm x 1.905 cm