fork, dinner; cutlery, set, part of

Description:

Two-tined dinner fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered handle with chamfered edges and rounded butt. Scratched and discolored overall, yellowed ivory. See accompanying dinner knife (1986.0531.037)

Stem of fork is stamped: "STEEL"

Blade of accompanying knife is stamped: “B.J. EYRE & Co/LATE W. GREAVES & SON/SHEFFIELD”

Maker is B.J. Eyre & Company, active ca 1850-1876 in Sheffield, England.

Date Made: 1850- 1876

Maker: B. J. Eyre and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.038Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.038

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

Physical Description: bone (scales material)metal, steel (overall material)metal, brass (pins material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 17.145 cm x 1.5875 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4ae2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323849

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