id:			153698
accession number:	1987.210
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.210
updated:		2023-12-02 10:05:41.075000

Fork with Mule-Head Finial, AD 375–425. Italy, Roman, late 4th Century - early 5th Century. Silver; overall: 0.5 x 20.4 cm (3/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Alexander 1987.210

title:				Fork with Mule-Head Finial
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creation date:			AD 375–425
creation date earliest:		375
creation date latest:		425
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Alexander
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culture:	Italy, Roman, late 4th Century - early 5th Century
technique:	silver
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 0.5 x 20.4 cm (3/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>From Hand to Mouth: A History of Flatware. </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH (October 18, 1994-March 26, 1995)

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PROVENANCE

	Michael Ward
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	Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Alexander, Chagrin Falls, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1987
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 2 (1988): 65, no. 7.
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	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160017

	Parani, Maria G. <em>Byzantine cutlery: an overview.</em> Athēnai: Christianikē Archaiologikē Hetaireia, 2010.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 149, fig. 8
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