Fork
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In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can s
From left to right: pastry fork, relish fork, salad fork, dinner fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, carving fork
Mycenaean Greek grave finds, 16th century BC, including a Bronze fork
Bronze forks made in Persia during the 8th or 9th century
Sasanian silver fork (4th century)
Spoon
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A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery, especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for transferring food to the mo
Fork
…commonplace in Italy, and by 1600 was almost universal among the merchant and upper classes. It was proper for a guest to arrive with his own fork and spoon enclosed in a box called a cadena; this usage was introduced to the French court with Catherine de' Medici's entourage. Although in Portugal forks were…
Stainless steel bouillon (soup) spoon
Assorted spoons of the Roman world (British Museum)
Medieval spoons with seal top