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Dessert Fork with Bee Fork
This is a fork. It was manufactured by C. V. Gibert. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is cast and chased silver, gilt silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.
It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.
- Prototype for "Eva" Fork Fork Prototype
- balsa wood, paint.
- Gift of the Estate of Eva Zeisel.
- 2014-8-10
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 18.3 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm (7 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Cite this object as
Dessert Fork with Bee Fork; Manufactured by Charles Victor Gibert (French); France; cast and chased silver, gilt silver; L x W x D: 18.3 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm (7 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
