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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.

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