fork, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner fork, with matching knife (see 1986.0531.079). Four-tined with baluster stem and “yankee” style bolster. Tines and stem are one piece of steel with tang, inserted into a yellow plastic handle with straight sides, chamfered edges, and rounded butt. Handle has slight discoloration at butt.
label: Description
content: Fork back is engraved: “STAINLESS”
label: Description
content: Blade of matching knife is engraved near bolster: “BOKER/USA/STAINLESS”
label: Description
content: Maker is Boker, USA, active 1899-present in Newark and Maplewood, New Jersey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Maplewood
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: 1986.0531.080
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.080
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, stainless steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9/16 in x 7 7/8 in x 13/16 in; 1.42875 cm x 20.0025 cm x 2.06375 cm