Fork
Unknown Maker
Two broad curved tines, long baluster-shaped neck. Plain silver ferrule, oval in section. Handle carved ivory, a man in Charles II period costume, holding a scepter in one hand, pointing at the scepter with the other hand.
Credit: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
c. 1650-1700
Ivory, silver, steel
1985-103-170
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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