Name/Title
Wedding knife and fork in caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.102Description
102.01 Knife: Blade sabre-shaped with a waisted bolster.
102.02 Fork: Head with two long, straight tines, diamond-shape in section, and a baluster neck.
Handles: Cast silver, flaring in shape, circular in section, chased with foliage and flowers, pairs of hands clasping a heart, Venus instructing Cupid, pierced domed ends and finials in the form of two billing doves.
102.03 Case:Sheath shape, in white sharkskin with perforations top and bottom for a string to be threaded through.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Date made
circa 1700Time Period
18Place
Country
HollandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC102Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 178mm
Fork: 171mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 26
