Name/Title
Knife & ForkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.2Description
2.01 Knife: Blade sabre-shaped with a circular waisted bolster, close-plated in silver with ferrule. Handle of pistol-shaped white Bow porcelain with relief decoration of C- and S- scrolls. The ferrule, partly reeded, is of iron(?) close-plated with silver.
2.02 Fork: Three-tined on long baluster neck, with scalloped edges on ferrule. Ferrule and bolster close plated with silver. Handle of pistol-shaped white Bow porcelein with relief decoration of trails of plum blossom. Silver ferrule with scalloped upper edge and moulded lower one.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Date made
circa 1750Time Period
18Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Blackwell, Bedford Court, LondonOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC2Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 263 mm
Fork: 201 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 71
The knife was exhibited
