Name/Title
Knife and fork in caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.85Description
85.01 Knife: Blade with straight, parallel back and edge, the former curving down to the point, and with a short, baluster-shaped bolster.
85.02 Fork: Head of two long, straight, slender tines on a short baluster neck.
Handles: Wood, of circular section, welling out to bulbous tops; they are encased in straw-work, each with a zig-zag pattern on the lower part, and scenes of houses and trees below a frieze of tulips at the top; plain silver ferrules.
85.03 Case: Parchment (?) divided into two compartments and encased in straw-work divided into panels, the lower two-thirds filled with a chequer-pattern, and, at the top, interlaced trellis-work and a landscape with a house and bushes; stained in the same colours as the handles of the knife and fork.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1650 - 1700Time Period
17Place
Country
HollandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On blade the letter "T"Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC85Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: overall 153 mm; blade 95 mm
Fork: overall 140 mm; tines 77 mm
Case: 147mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 128
