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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.
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.
