Object Details
- Description
- Dinner fork. Two-tined, tin-plated steel, with chamfered baluster stem, fitted into a tapered wood block handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Tang is held in place with a single brass pin through top. Tin is heavily worn, minor rust. Handle is scratched. Discolored with adhesive residue on back side near butt. Brass has minor corrosion. No mark.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1800- 1899
- Physical Description
- metal, tin-plated steel (overall material)
- wood (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 18.415 cm x 1.5875 cm
- Object Name
- fork, dinner
- Object Type
- cutlery
- Other Terms
- Fork, Dinner; Cutlery
