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DateLate 1700s
Terms
  • Forks
  • Iron
Dimensions5.08 × 45.69 cm (2 × 18 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberH0321
DescriptionHand-forged iron. Two tines, tapered at tips and curved slightly out and up. Tines join together, with slight slit between them, in flat section, which tapers squared shaft. Handle flattened, very thin at end. Decorated with three ovals of increasing size, the largest at the tip. The two smaller ones formed by pinching the iron of the handle, the top one by flattening the iron out. Large hole in top oval for hanging.