Knife and fork in case

Object/Artifact

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Worshipful Company of Cutlers, London

Name/Title

Knife and fork in case

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.58

Description

58.01 Knife: Blade slightly tapering, with slightly convex edge, the neck curving down to form the point; short baluster-shaped bolster flattened on each surface. 58.02 Fork: Head of silver, with two slightly curved, hollow tines of flattened claw-shape. Long tapering neck, linked to the handle by a short baluster-shaped bolster. Handles: Silver, cast in the form of a female forearm and hand, emerging from the mouth of a swan's (or duck's) head, terminating in a double scroll, and holding a pistol-shaped handle of octagonal section. 58.03 Case: Hardened leather, divided into two compartments, with a deep push-on cover; tooled all over with longitudinal bands containing scroll-work, and, on the case proper, the inscription \"Anno 1745.D 17th Septem\". 58.04 Cover: see above

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork and Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1650 - 1700

Time Period

17

Place

Country

Holland

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Knife : On blade, a crown over a sickle? Fork:

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC58

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 175 mm Fork: 164 mm Case: 203 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 116