Ca. 100-300 AD An Ancient Roman bronze fork possibly a medical instrument or utilitarian oyster fork comprised of a long shaft in bronze, ending into a fork like terminal with two teeth. It is likely that such a tool was used to perform medical operations in Antiquity, possibly to extract arrowheads from the wounded body. For comparable see Christie's, lot 4, Oct 13, 2008. The Metropolitan Museum 74.51.5485. Size: L:217mm / W:22.9mm ; 39.15g Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old London collection formed in the 1980s.