Antique Fork

Object/Artifact

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Antique Fork

Entry/Object ID

0055.001

Description

Antique Fork Brethren Communion items. Love Feast. Wooden handle with metal ends long slender metal tines which continue through center of the handle.

Use

Communion fork was used to prick unleavened communion bread before baking, by Deacon's wives who made the communion bread in the Brethren Church

Context

PA

Collection

Emmert Bittinger Family Collection

Category

Kitchenware, Household

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Emmert Bittinger family

Notes

recieved 9/12/09 as a gift

Lexicon

Search Terms

communion

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Antique fork

Dimensions

Dimension Description

wood handle 3 3/8" Tines 4"

Material

Wood, Metal

Location

Location

Location

Dish Press

Room

Dining Room

Building

Burkholder-Myers House

Date

June 5, 2025

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2025.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Jun 5, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Apr 12, 2022

Notes

Slightly bent

Created By

phyllis.ressler@gmail.com

Create Date

April 12, 2022

Updated By

info@brethrenmennoniteheritage.org

Update Date

July 8, 2025