Carving fork, with matching knife (1986.531.238A). Two-tined with wide flat stem inserted into white metal bolster cap. Tang is fitted into wooden handle: teardrop-shaped, faceted, with widened shoulders near bolster, painted gray with turquoise butt. Metal is scratched. Handle paint is chipped and cracked.
Stem is etched: “STAINLESS STEEL/MADE IN U.S.A.”; diamond around company name (this mark was registered in 1922)
Maker is A&J Manufacturing Company of Binghamton, New York, (founded 1909) which was purchased by Ekco Housewares Company of Chicago, Illinois in 1929, at which time products featured both company's trademarks.