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Dessert Fork (France)
This is a Dessert fork. It was manufactured by C. V. Gibert. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is silver, gilt silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 18.2 x 2.4 x 2.5 cm (7 3/16 x 15/16 x 1 in.)
Cite this object as
Dessert Fork (France); Manufactured by Charles Victor Gibert (French); silver, gilt silver; L x W x D: 18.2 x 2.4 x 2.5 cm (7 3/16 x 15/16 x 1 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1996-56-18
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.