Tools and equipment

Hearth Fork

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Type: Tools and equipment(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 18th - early 19th century
Accession number: 2016.25.134
Maker: Unknown, American(Opens in new tab) (American)
Dimensions: 2 1/2 × 24 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (6.4 × 62.9 × 3.8 cm.)
Medium: wrought iron
Description: Wrought iron hearth fork; the handle with vase and ring shaping, incised geometric decoration, and impressed mark on verso "WG", extending to three curved tines, the central tine being formed from the bottom point of a heart inset between the outer tow tines
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Department: American Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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