Antique Fork

Object/Artifact

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Antique Fork

Entry/Object ID

0055.001

Description

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

Made/Created

Time Period

17th Century

Place

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Search Terms

communion

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Antique fork

Dimensions

Length

7-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Metal

Location

Location

Location

Henkel Cupboard

Room

Parlor

Building

Burkholder-Myers House

Date

June 5, 2025

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2026.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Mar 6, 2026

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

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Love Feast

Provenance

Notes

family heirloom from Bittinger family, via maternal grandparents and great grandparents

General Notes

Note

09/12/2009

Created By

Phyllis Ressler

Create Date

April 12, 2022

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

June 23, 2026