A mid-18th century steel and horn fork, German, circa 1750
A mid-18th century steel and horn fork, German, circa 1750
Of two long tines, tapering to a point, their junction shouldered and shaped and fitted to a short knopped stem, the horn gun barrel-shaped handle encased in steel, the exposed horn mounted on each side with a pair of decorative plates modelled as bunches of grapes, 19cm high
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A mid-18th century steel and horn fork, German, circa 1750
Of two long tines, tapering to a point, their junction shouldered and shaped and fitted to a short knopped stem, the horn gun barrel-shaped handle encased in steel, the exposed horn mounted on each side with a pair of decorative plates modelled as bunches of grapes, 19cm high