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Dessert Fork with Rodent Fork
This is a fork. It was manufactured by C. V. Gibert. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.
It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 17.6 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm (6 15/16 × 7/8 × 3/4 in.)
It has the following markings
On base of tines, stamped: [1] C.V.G. below star inside lozenge (maker's mark for Charles Victor Gilbert) [2] illegible mark (possibly board head mark indicating .800 fineness) On reverse of neck, stamped: [3] 4 [4] illegible mark (possibly board head mark indicating .800 fineness)
Cite this object as
Dessert Fork with Rodent Fork; Manufactured by Charles Victor Gibert (French); France; silver; L x W x D: 17.6 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm (6 15/16 × 7/8 × 3/4 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-4
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
