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Your Price: $ 14.99
Item Number: 1080 |
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Manufacturer: Hammered Iron
An antique metal (probably iron or wrought iron, but we're not familiar with these things) cooking, serving or carving fork, which looks to be handmade (hand made) and repeatedly "hammered" while being made. We don't think this is cast metal or cast iron, as we believe that wouldn't be handmade. Looks to us like a piece a blacksmith would have made from the style and irregularities or unevenness (does not have the perfectly aligned shape and evenness one expects from pieces made in a manufacturing plant). Our guess is that this is a truly old and early piece -- we can't guarantee that, but it looks like that to us and came from a home with other very old items. The surface is bumpy throughout, not smooth, with variations in thickness and looks in spots like some of the top layer of metal may have come off (but it's fully more metal underneath of the same type).
Measures 13 1/2 inches in length, 2 3/16 inches greatest width. Top of handle is the thinnest portion, with a central oval hole to permit easy hanging by a stove or fire. Fork head has two tines which are slightly misshapen, with varying thickness and indication of pieces missing from years of use (near the end of one tine it has a "cinched" in part due to the wear, with the other tine shows unevenness to the edge from pieces worn away). We've tried to show this in varied images; please note that the white "hot spots" are lighting reflection from the camera.
Terrific old used condition as described above. Overall dark gray metal color with a light orange rusting mixed into the color throughout (more noticeable on the tines). But it is the unevenness and the wear which makes it believable that this is a really old cooking fork, with all of this adding to the great look of the piece and none of it objectionable.
A neat addition to any collection of antique cooking implements, kitchen collectibles, kitchen utensils or kitchen gadgets.
Please note that we have many other kitchen items listed separately for sale. If you wish to purchase more than one, please e-mail us before placing the order since the shipping information has been inputted for a purchase of just one and will not calculate the savings you would get when purchasing more than one shipped together in the same package (we will need to handle this for you). |
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