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Classic Pattern Dessert Fork

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Integral head with handle. Oval-shaped head, four tapering tines with two-tiered notch between each tine. Elongated curved root, sloping tapered neck, stem tapering from terminal toward neck. Slight tapering again at terminal with upturned blunt end.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Arthur Georgy
Manufacturer
Wilkens Bremer Silberwaren AG
Date
designed ca. 1961
Medium
silver
Dimensions
L x W x D: 17.9 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm (7 1/16 in. × 1 in. × 7/8 in.)
Type
cutlery
Decorative Arts
Object Name
fork
Type
fork
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