Name/Title
KnifeEntry/Object ID
0000.1.63Description
Blade with straight sides, a round end, and a rounded bolster.
Handle made in three sections, the first flattened and flaring with mother-of-pearl scales, diagonally striped mother-of-pearl and green horn edges, banded at the top with matted brass, inlaid with green horn beads and tortoiseshell, and green horn banding;
A flattened circular moulding of mother-of-pearl, alternating with tortoiseshell, separates this part of the stem from the;
Finial, which is formed as a cockade of three mother-of-pearl feathers emerging from another band of inlaid brass.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1650 - 1700Time Period
17Place
Country
GermanyContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
The letter X
Handle engraved with owner's name EPER FRITZ/V. FENNINGEROther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC63Exhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 120
