fork

Description:

Dinner fork. Two-tined with baluster stem. Tines and stem are one piece of steel inserted into a teardrop-shaped horn handle with small silver pommel cap. Minor pitting and rust on steel. Silver is irregularly-shaped. Horn is scratched overall and nicked. No mark.

Date Made: 1840- 1880

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United StatesUnited Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.241Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.241

Object Name: fork, dinnerObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery

Physical Description: horn (handle material)metal, steel (overall material)metal, silver (pommel cap material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 8 1/8 in x 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 20.6375 cm x 1.905 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2dd2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324033

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