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Fork and spoon

Unknownca. 1600–30

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Two-tined fork with sloping shoulder; gilded neck elaborately decorated with leaves, masks and scrollwork; slightly curved handle of red coral, carved with a grotesque head on the front, surmounted by a torso and head of a man wearing a helmet; back of handle carved in decorative pattern. Spoon with oval bowl, gilded neck elaborately decorated with leaves, masks and scrollwork; slightly curving handle of red coral, carved with a grotesque head on the front, above the upper body of a woman holding a ewer in one hand and an urn in the other, as if pouring liquid from one into the other; back of handle has decorative pattern.

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  • Title: Fork and spoon
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: ca. 1600–30
  • Type: Fork and spoon
  • Rights: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
  • Medium: Coral, silver, gilding
  • Provenance: Robert L. Metzenberg
  • Markings: On shoulder of fork: embellished "N" within oval contour, flattened on top
  • Dimensions: Fork: L x W: 19 x 1.7cm (7 1/2 x 11/16in.)Spoon: L x W: 19.5 x 4.9 cm (7 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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