Child's Fork
Child's Fork
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- Description
- Small, full-tang, three-tined fork with slender baluster stem, integral bolster and rounded bone scales inlaid with a large brass dot on front and secured by two brass pins. No marks. From a two-piece child's or youth's flatware set (knife [marked "FOR A GOOD / CHILD”] and fork), 1986.0531.092-.093.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- fork
- Object Type
- cutlery
- date made
- ca 1850
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- bone (handle material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- metal, brass (pins material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7/16 in x 5 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 1.11125 cm x 13.0175 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.093
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.0531.093
- subject
- Children
- Eating
- Food Culture
- Gifts & Presents
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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