Name/Title
Knife, wedding, and fork in caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.59Description
59.01 knife: Blade tapering with slightly convex edge, and back curving down to the point.
59.02 Fork: Head with two long, straight tines on a short baluster neck. Handles tapering, of silver, octagonal in section with stepped domed tops and narrow raised mouldings at the top, bottom and centre, the upper and lower ones bordered by chased conventional acanthus leaves.
59.03 Case: Pointed, sheath shape, with separate push-on cover, all of moulded leather stitched together and made in two compartments; the surfaces are tooled with bands of scroll-work.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1760Time Period
18Place
Country
HollandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Knife:
Fork: On one face of fork handle: a shield with the letters "IS" over
a six pointed star.
Case: Stamped ANNA MARIA MERTZEN ANNO 1760Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC59Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 156 mm
Fork: 145 mm
Case: 195 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 27
