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Manufacturer:
Charles Victor Gibert, French  Search this
Medium:
silver
Dimensions:
L x W x D: 16.2 × 4.3 × 1.9 cm (6 3/8 × 1 11/16 × 3/4 in.)
Type:
cutlery
Decorative Arts
fork
Object Name:
fork
Manufactured in:
Paris, France
Date:
ca. 1890
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Two tined fork. Tines flaring outwards to pointed tip. At base of tines, reilief fish applied to tines on both obverse and reverse sides perpendicular to tines to appear skewered on tines. At neck, series of applied thin horizontal lines that mimic fishing line. Handle with fluted decoration, widening towards terminal. Terminal wrapped in acanthus leaf decoration and topped with ball finial.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds
Accession Number:
1996-56-45
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46a1ed3cf-22b1-45ae-94ea-7e2e6d40356d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1996-56-45