Name/Title

Fork

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.36

Description

Four slightly curved tines each of rectangular section with almost square shoulders, the two outer tines being shorter than those in the middle. Long tapered twisting neck, grooved and banded, the lower halves twisted in the upper half. Steel ferrule. Ivory handle carved in the form of Diana, the huntress, with a bow and a dog.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1650

Time Period

17

Place

Country

Holland

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

None

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC36

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Length 190 mm Tines 48 mm Neck 55 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 131