Fork with Porcelain Handle Depicting a Woman

Three-tined gilded fork, flaring at the join. Waisted shoulder, flat baluster-shaped neck. Banded ferrule. Irregular shaped white porcelain handle with polychrome decoration. On the front a woman with a basket, on the back a boy on a hobby-horse drinking from a glass, both boy and girl standing in from of a tree. Floral decoration at the top of the handle.

Credit: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg