Alveston

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Artist/Maker	Harrison, Fisher and Co. Ltd. (maker) Robert Welch MBE, RDI (designer)
Place of origin	Sheffield (made) Chipping Campden (designed)

Carving fork prototype, half section, stainless steel showing the exposed spring mechanism for the finger guard. The handle of teardrop form, waisted centre and rounded end, extending to a bowl with one elongated prong, spring loaded finger guard of pyramid form centred near the prongs.

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Categories	Eating Metalwork Product Design Tableware & Cutlery
Object type	Carving fork, half section
Title	Alveston (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Stainless steel, forged. Stainless Steel Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description	Carving fork, stainless steel, half section prototype, Sheffield, made by Harrison Fisher & Co. Ltd., for Old Hall Tableware, 1964, designed by Robert Welch, MBE, RDI.
Physical description	Carving fork prototype, half section, stainless steel showing the exposed spring mechanism for the finger guard. The handle of teardrop form, waisted centre and rounded end, extending to a bowl with one elongated prong, spring loaded finger guard of pyramid form centred near the prongs.
Dimensions	Length: 28.2cm Width: 2.7cm (maximum)
Style	Modernist
Production type	Prototype
Marks and inscriptions	REGD.DES.916872 IN UK (Marked on the underside of the guard.)
Credit line	Gift of Robert Welch
Object history	Made by Harrison Fisher & Co. Ltd., Sheffield for Old Hall Tableware, Bloxwich, Staffordshire.
Associated objects	Circ.653-1965 (Design) Circ.655-1965 (Design) Circ.656-1965 (Design) Circ.657-1965 (Design) Circ.658-1965 (Design) Circ.659-1965 (Design)
Bibliographic reference	Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Robert Welch, Design: Craft & Industry, London, Laurence King Publishing, 2015. pp.106-7. ill. ISBN: 9781780676050
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	CIRC.647-1965

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O271519/alveston-carving-fork-half-robert-welch-mbe/

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