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Dinner Fork

Manufacturer: National Silver Company, (by 1904-present)
Medium: Plastic, steel
Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1935
Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 1 x 7/8 in. (19.4 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm)
Markings: Impressed on back of stem of fork: "N S Co [each within circle] PERMA-BRITE / MADE I[mark disappears under collar]"
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 83.105.1
Credit Line: Gift of the E. F. Hauserman family
Image: Overall, 83.105.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Dinner fork, plastic and steel. Red plastic handle, flaring out from top to bottom stepping down to rounded point. Condition: Good but worn. Discoloration of steel edges to bronze color where handle and neck meet; connection between handle and neck is slightly loose.

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