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Object ID #18804355
This is a fork. It is dated ca. 1621 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Grooms in seventeenth-century northern Europe often presented their bridges with knives, but the more fashionable pairs in the Low Countries included matching forks, then a novelty, for use during the main meal ("Feeding Design: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500 -2005," May - August 13, 2006).
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: 17.5 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm (6 7/8 × 9/16 × 7/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On reverse of neck, stamped: [1] illegible mark On reverse of stem, stamped: [2] illegible mark possibly from workshop of Johann Theodoor de Bry (1561-1623)
It is inscribed
On front of handle: [1] illegible phrase [2] illegible phrase On reverse of handle: [1] illegible phrase [2] illegible phrase
Cite this object as
Object ID #18804355; The Netherlands or Flanders; silver; L x W x D: 17.5 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm (6 7/8 × 9/16 × 7/16 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-73
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
