The Portable Antiquities Scheme
POST MEDIEVAL FORK (UTENSIL)
1680
Lead-alloy miniature toy fork dating to the post-medieval period, circa 1690. The handle and neck survive but the head including the prongs is missing. The handle has cast foliate decoration with criss-cross lines on the neck. There is a moulded ridge between the handle and the neck. Similar examples in MOL collections are dated to c. 1690 according to Hazel Forsyth.
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