Vollrath Thornhill Flatware 7-1/4" 4 Tine Dinner Fork, 1 Dozen
Vollrath 48162 Thornhill 7-1/4" 4 Tine Dinner Fork, 1 Dozen
Product Features:
- Pattern: Thornhill
- Piece: Dinner Fork, 4 Tine
- Length: 7-1/4"
- Material: 18% chrome stainless steel
- Weight: Heavyweight
- Finish: Matte
The Vollrath Thornhill 7-1/4" four-tine dinner fork is the primary dinner course piece in the Thornhill pattern — the fork guests use throughout the main course in a complete Thornhill place setting. Heavyweight 18% chrome stainless steel with matte finish and the Thornhill pattern's distinctive elegant detailing. Four tines, standard dinner fork length.
Sold by the dozen. The matte finish creates an elegant appearance and conceals wear marks through commercial use.
The Thornhill dinner fork is the central piece of the Thornhill place setting — the primary fork guests interact with throughout the main course, and the piece that defines the feel and balance of the dining experience more than any other. At 7-1/4" in heavyweight 18% chrome stainless steel with the Thornhill matte finish, this dinner fork provides the balanced, substantial feel in hand that distinguishes quality commercial flatware from budget alternatives.
The four-tine configuration is the standard American commercial dinner fork — the tine count that dining guests across all demographic categories and dining backgrounds recognize as the dinner fork. The four tines provide versatile tine spacing for the full range of main course applications: spearing proteins, gathering pasta, pushing food onto the fork face, and the various cutting-assist functions that dinner forks perform alongside the dinner knife.
The Thornhill matte finish is the defining visual characteristic of the pattern — a matte surface treatment with the pattern's distinctive elegant detailing creates a refined, contemporary appearance that distinguishes Thornhill from the satin-finish Queen Anne or mirror-finish Brocade patterns. Matte finishes have a particular aesthetic quality: they read as understated and sophisticated rather than ornate or flashy, which suits contemporary restaurant design, boutique hotel dining, and food-forward dining environments that prefer a more restrained flatware aesthetic.
Heavyweight construction at 7-1/4" creates the balanced, substantial feel in hand that the Thornhill's refined aesthetic demands — a sophisticated-looking fork that feels lightweight would undermine the quality impression the pattern establishes. The weight and balance of the Thornhill dinner fork should reinforce the visual quality that the matte finish and elegant detailing convey.
WARNING - CA Prop 65 | Flatware Type | Dinner Fork |
|---|---|
| Vendor Line | Thornhill |
| NSF Listed | No |
| Product Length (in) | 7-1/4" |
| Manufacturer | Vollrath |
| MPN | 48162 |
| SKU | 8V730 |
