fork
date: label: date made
content: 1840- 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner fork. Three-tined with baluster stem. Tines and stem are one piece of steel inserted into a tapered ivory handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Metal is corroded, moderate rust. Bolster is separating from ivory. Ivory is yellowed, crazed, had long crack near bolster. No mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
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: 1986.0531.243
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.243
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 20.6375 cm x 1.5875 cm