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Folding Fork with Engraved Decoration From Traveling Cutlery Set Fork
This is a fork. It is dated ca. 1827 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is gold plated, silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
It is credited The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 18.9 × 2.5 × 0.9 cm (7 7/16 in. × 1 in. × 3/8 in.) L x W x D (folded): 10.5 × 2.5 × 1.2 cm (4 1/8 in. × 1 in. × 1/2 in.)
It has the following markings
On back: [1] GF? (illegible)
It is inscribed
On back: Cr Mnfr F M 1827
Cite this object as
Folding Fork with Engraved Decoration From Traveling Cutlery Set Fork; possibly Germany; gold plated, silver; L x W x D: 18.9 × 2.5 × 0.9 cm (7 7/16 in. × 1 in. × 3/8 in.) L x W x D (folded): 10.5 × 2.5 × 1.2 cm (4 1/8 in. × 1 in. × 1/2 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-257
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.