Context (Display)
Object mounted on plain paper-wrapped display board, mounted with metal pins. This form of mounting possibly indicates the item was on display in Peterhouse before the museum moved to its current site on Downing Street.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Small fork of iron or steel with two tines and a tapered stem which is round in profile. The handle is partially inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Event Date 06/11/2023
Author: Lucie Carreau