Overview
- Brief Narrative
- A single fork from a silver, fish cutlery set, consisting of four forks and three knives, designed by Art Krupp Berndorf of Austria and owned by the Orsten family. The cutlery is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
- Geography
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manufacture:
Berndorf (Lower Austria, Austria)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Elisabeth M. Orsten
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Flatware
- Object Type
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Forks (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Silver, four-pronged fork with an embossed fish design on the front of the handle just above the tines and a monogram on the back.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Materials
- overall : silver
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The fork was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Elisabeth Orsten.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:11:17
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn737495
Also in Elisabeth Orsten family collection
The collection consists of two memoirs and cutlery relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
Date: approximately 1936-1953
Hildegard Fulda Orsten memoirs
Document
Hildegard Fulda Orsten's memoirs are part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
Silver fish fork with fish design owned by the Orsten family
Object
A single fork from a silver, fish cutlery set, consisting of four forks and three knives, designed by Art Krupp Berndorf of Austria and owned by the Orsten family. The cutlery is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
Silver fish fork with fish design owned by the Orsten family
Object
A single fork from a silver, fish cutlery set, consisting of four forks and three knives, designed by Art Krupp Berndorf of Austria and owned by the Orsten family. The cutlery is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
Silver fish fork with fish design owned by the Orsten family
Object
A single fork from a silver, fish cutlery set, consisting of four forks and three knives, designed by Art Krupp Berndorf of Austria and owned by the Orsten family. The cutlery is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
Silver fish knife with fish design owned by the Orsten family
Object
A single knife from a silver, fish cutlery set, consisting of four forks and three knives, designed by Art Krupp Berndorf of Austria and owned by the Orsten family. The cutlery is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
Silver fish knife with fish design owned by the Orsten family
Object
A single knife from a silver, fish cutlery set, consisting of four forks and three knives, designed by Art Krupp Berndorf of Austria and owned by the Orsten family. The cutlery is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
Silver fish knife with fish design owned by the Orsten family
Object
A single knife from a silver, fish cutlery set, consisting of four forks and three knives, designed by Art Krupp Berndorf of Austria and owned by the Orsten family. The cutlery is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
