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Fork with Porcelain Handle (with Knife and Spoon) Fork
This is a fork. It is dated ca. 1730 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel, silver, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Cutlery sets with hand-painted, gilded porcelain handles were often used for the dessert course at refined tables. The cutlery displayed is arranged as it might have been for dessert. (Tools for the Table, 1993).
This object was
donated by
Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
It is credited The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 20.6 × 2.4 × 2 cm (8 1/8 × 15/16 × 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On base of tines (reverse): [1] two crossed swords in oval contour, "12" between the two blades, "D" between the sword handles, a horizontal line in the centre, stamped (city mark for Dresden?) [2] "G", stamped (year mark?) [3] "TM", stamped (maker's mark?)
It is signed
Unsigned
It is inscribed
Uninscribed
Cite this object as
Fork with Porcelain Handle (with Knife and Spoon) Fork; Germany; porcelain, vitreous enamel, silver, gold; L x W x D: 20.6 × 2.4 × 2 cm (8 1/8 × 15/16 × 13/16 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-186
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
