Handles of natural, varigated horn and a steel cap at the tip, silver ring at the neck patterned with an egg and dart motif. It has two tines and a hinged guard at the neck. It has a folding pronged stand.
carving forks
cookware
lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves
horn (animal material)
silver (metal)
steel (alloy)
lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves
horn (animal material)
Horn
Steel
Silver
FORK
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
11 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.604.2
Title Carving Knife Accession Number 1986.604.1
Title Knife Steel Accession Number 1986.604.3
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