Folding knife and fork

Name/Title

Folding knife and fork

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.87

Description

87.01 Knife: Cleaver-shaped blade, the upper edge tapering sharply to the point. 87.02 Fork: Two long, slightly curved, claw-like tines on short, flat, dolphin-shaped neck engraved with a little wrigglework foliage. Handles: 'Penknife' type en suite, widening at the rounded ends and each comprising shims and moulded bolsters of brass separated at the back by a steel spring chiselled with a ribbon pattern. Green-stained bone scales of plano-convex section set with roughly-stamped rosettes and scrolls of foliage in silver.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork and Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1700 - 1750

Time Period

18

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Knife: The letter L Fork:

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC87

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 155 mm Fork: 148 mm