Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Long two tined fork, tines cast with stem as stylized crustacean. Twisted stem. Foliate knop at juncture with handle. Octagonal wood handle, silver cap and terminal cap. Finial cast as seated dog on a battlement.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- ca. 1840–45
- Credit Line
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
- Medium
- silver, wood
- Dimensions
- L x W: 25.4 × 1.7 cm (10 in. × 11/16 in.)
- Type
- cutlery
- Decorative Arts
- Sucket fork
