Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Fork has two long pointed tines, baluster-shaped neck, silver ferrule decorated with floral pattern. Tapered handle octagonal-shaped in centre, end of handle decorated with horizontal silver band and mother-of-pearl points. Silver mount on top of handle has inscription, ivory knob in centre. The end of handle screwed to the handle; pepper container.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 1770–1800
- Credit Line
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
- Medium
- steel, horn, silver, mother-of-pearl, ivory
- Dimensions
- L x W: 20.1 x 1.7 cm (7 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
- Type
- cutlery
- Decorative Arts
- Fork
