[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
59/241
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a steel meat fork (identified by the Victoria and Albert Museum as a 'log fork'), used for roasting. It has two prongs and a flattened handle with a hole by which it could be hung. It is English-made and dates from the late-seventeenth century.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 meat fork: steel
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
Pre-MERL list / description – [Victoria and Albert Museum] ‘Ironwork objects for transfer to Museum of English Rural Life, Reading ... No. 41. Log-fork. Steel. English: 17th century.'
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
England
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1675-01-01 - 1699-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Late-seventeenth century
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4959.tif - High resolution image