Pickle Fork

Name/Title

Pickle Fork

Entry/Object ID

1966.224.1

Description

Long triple tin fork made of white oak. The two outside tines are bent outward while the shaft is turned and tapered. There is a single drilled hole on the shaft near the pointed handle for hanging.

Use

This elongated wooden fork would have been used to pull pickles from a pickling jar without reaching one's hands into the brine.

Made/Created

Time Period

19th Century

Dimensions

Length

40-1/2 in

Material

Wood