Name/Title
Knife, fork, spoon and dessert forkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.74Description
74.01 Knife: Blade sabre-shaped.
73.02 Spoon: Bowl of agate held in a floriated silver grip and with a chiselled neck. The stem is cast in a decorative segmented slim shape.
74.03 Fork: Two long steel tines and baluster neck
74.04 Fork: Silver with four curved tines and chiselled neck. The stem is cast in a decorative segmented slim shape.
Handles: All of cloudy agate, flaring and circular in section with scalloped edged silver, dome-shaped, ferrules and caps crowned by a rosette and bead.Collection
Cutlery Collection, SetMade/Created
Date made
circa 1675 - circa 1700Time Period
17Place
Country
GermanyContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Knife: On blade, a crown?
Spoon: None.
Fork (74.03): None.
Fork (74.04): None.Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC74Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 222 mm
Two-pronged fork (74.02): 193 mm
Four-pronged fork (74.03): 175 mm
Spoon: 188 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 125
