Pickle fork; silverplate with staghorn handle; 3-tined fork, outer tines are barbed; twist in shank; hallmarks on shank are "GB & Co D Al EPNS" (English plate nickel silver) and on ferrule are "HG, crown, lion passante and P" = Sheffield town mark and P= letter date for 1907-1908; length 21 cm.
Donor:
Ida Mae Zapf and Robert Zapf
Production place:
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Collector:
Ada Sharack, Ida Mae Zapf, and Robert Zapf
Materials:
Antler (material) ("staghorn"), Nickel silver ("silverplate or nickle silver"), and Silver plate ("silverplate or nickle silver")
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1907-1908
Context of use:
Olive fork
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)