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Fork with Amber and Bone Figural Handle Fork
This is a fork. It is dated ca. 1650 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is amber, bone amber, steel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Sexual Politics of Cutlery" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
" By contrast, the fork, a historically recent utensil, does not resound with the echoes of ancient ritual or gift-giving traditions (fig. 10). Symbolically considered the child of the spoon and knife, its chronological emergence parallels that of modern European culture."
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: 17.7 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm (6 15/16 × 1/2 × 1/2 in.)
It has the following markings
Unmarked
Cite this object as
Fork with Amber and Bone Figural Handle Fork; amber, bone amber, steel; L x W x D: 17.7 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm (6 15/16 × 1/2 × 1/2 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-123
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
