Name/Title
Knife, fork, spoon, scissors and skewer in caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.32Description
32.01 Knife: Blade straight-sided with the lower edge curving up toward the point, the shoulder etched and gilded.
32.02 Fork: Two long, straight tines, a chiselled join and swelling neck.
Handles: Cast, gilded brass, set with tortoiseshell scales in five faceted sections: the lowest one chased with acanthus foliage, the next two octagonal, the fourth globular and the last rounded with a beaded term finial.
32.03 Spoon: Rounded bowl and rat-tail, the back engraved with scrolls. 32.04 Scissors: Steel, of standard form with gilded chiselled handles.
32.05 Skewer:
32.06 Case: Cuir bouilli, tooled with gilded lacy decoration and a cupid at the base; a hook at the side for attachment to a belt.Collection
Cutlery Collection, SetMade/Created
Date made
1630 - 1650Time Period
17Place
Country
DenmarkContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Knife: None
Fork: None
Spoon: two shields, in one the letter 'F' and in the other 'M'
Scissors: a deviceOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC32Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife 181 mm
Fork 176 mm
Spoon 140 mm
Scissors 140 mm
Skewer 127 mm
Case 229 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 104
