Name/Title
Knife & ForkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.22Description
22.01 Knife: Flaring blade with both back and edge tapering to a leaf-shaped tip with a diagonal hollow bolster. Handle of silver-gilt flaring in shape and circular in section, with engraved scalloped foliage at both ends and in the middle, and with domed and striated ends; a ball finial.
22.02 Fork: Head with two thin curving tines of deep cup-shaped elliptical section and a long straight banded neck and waisted bolster. Handle identical to 22.01.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1668 - 1700Time Period
17Place
City
LondonCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeNotes
Company Connection: Boswell's mark registered 1668Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Knife: A letter Y in lower case and a dagger
Fork:Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC22Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife 203 mm
Fork 170 mm