Name/Title
KnifeEntry/Object ID
0000.1.23Description
Blade made in one with handle, sharply tapering, with back edge at the point formed by a chamfer on one side and an etched panel of conventional foliage at the base of each face. Flaring rectangular handle close-plated with silver. Nielloed with scrolling leafy ornament and a cupid on the wide sides, engraved with a rope moulding down the narrow sides. The pedestal-shaped finials covered with silver stamped with trophies and anthemion. The end of gilt-bronze. Only one of the broader faces retains all its silver plating.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
circa 1500Time Period
16Place
Country
ItalyContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC23Exhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 96A
