Knife and fork in sheath

Name/Title

Knife and fork in sheath

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.94

Description

94.01 Knife: Long blade with straight sides and pointed ends. 94.02 Fork: Two long, steel tines and baluster shoulders. The long silver ferrule on the fork conceals a break in the agate. Handles: Agate with sixteen facets and plain ferrules. The caps of plain silver. 94.03 Case of canvas embroidered with silks and silver-gilt thread in tent and upright Gobelin stitches (known as Caul and String).

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork and Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1650 - 1700

Time Period

17

Place

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Knife: On blade "the Four Acres" Fork: Case:

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC94

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 210 mm Fork: 143 mm Case: 194 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 56