Name/Title
Knives, Scrivener's, pairEntry/Object ID
0000.1.99Description
99.01 Knife: Double-sided short chisel-shaped blade for erasing with a baluster-shaped bolster. Etched and gilt near the handle on once face with a panel containing flowers, the other face a trophy of musical instruments below a motif of rococco scroll-work.
99.02 Knife: Straight-sided, the upper edge chiselled with a decorative pattern and becoming concave towards the point. Etched and gilt near the handle one face with a symmetrical arrangement of scrolls and a trophy of musical instruments, the other face with two daisies and an asymmetrical scroll combined with another trophy.
Handles: Carved as male and female terms, arising from acanthus leaves, with spiral flutes beneath the male term and profiled mouldings beneath the female.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
circa 1700Time Period
18Place
Region
South GermanyCountry
GermanyContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC99Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: (99.01) 174 mm
Knife (99.02): 174 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 142
