fork

Description:

Dinner fork. Three-tined in one piece with full tang. Bone scales are riveted to tang with steel pins to form a block handle with straight chamfered sides and rounded butt. Pewter bolster with scalloped edge is welded to tang and mortised into bone scales. Discoloration and pitting on steel. Bone is crazed and yellowed. No mark.

Date Made: after 1867

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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: 1986.0531.242Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.242

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

Physical Description: bone (scales material)metal, steel (overall material)metal, pewter (bolster material)Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 18.415 cm x 1.905 cm

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

Record Id: nmah_324034

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