Name/Title
Knife & ForkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.78Description
78.01 Knife: Blade scimitar-shaped with cut back point.
78.02 Fork: Head with two long, straight, slender tines on a short baluster neck.
Handles: Tapering, of loaded silver, beaked on one side of their rounded tops, with convex sides and flat edges: each side is set with two rectangular mother-of-pearl plaques, rivetted in place, and decorated with transverse raised ribs and stylised scallop shells; the edges are sketchily engraved with conventional foliage.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1750 - 1775Time Period
18Place
Country
GermanyContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On blade a device like an ornamental letter LOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC78Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 155 mm
Fork: 161 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 177
