Name/Title
Knife & ForkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.26Description
26.01 Knife: Blade flaring, with rounded end and hollow bolster. Handle of silver-gilt with one broad, gently curving side and one straight side, the former being engraved with a scrolling pattern of leaves and stylised fruit against a hatched ground. The domed end engraved with rosettes and surmounted by a ball finial.
22.02 Fork: Two long, slightly curved tines and long baluster neck. Handle similar to 26.01 but with panels of overlapping acanthus leaves.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Artist
Gyles Lyndesey ? Lyndesey's mark registered 6 February 1677-8Date made
1675 - 1700Time Period
17Place
City
LondonCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Knife:'T' beneath a truncated fleur-de-lys and a dagger
Fork:Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC26Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 172 mm
Fork: 145 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 58
