Name/Title

Fork

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.241

Description

Head made of steel in one with the handle, with two long, straight, sharply-tapering tines on a short baluster neck. Handle slightly tapering, of rectangular section with chamfered edges, surmounted by a waisted bottle-shaped finial; the faces are etched with longitudinal recessed wriggle-pattern lines.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1550 - 1600

Time Period

16

Place

Country

France

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

None

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC241

Dimensions

Length

125 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 102