Knife, Fork, Steel, Skewer and Tooth-pick in Case

Name/Title

Knife, Fork, Steel, Skewer and Tooth-pick in Case

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.106

Description

106.01 Knife: Blade broad with straight back, the lower edge curved down to a point. The bolster, covered in silver, in one with handles. 106.02 Fork: Head with two long straight steel tines, elilptical in section, attached to the neck by ogee shaped shoulders. Handles: Silver, flat pistol-shaped with panels of horn in both sides, fixed by two rivets with large 4-point star shaped, domed washers. 106.03 Sharpening Steel: Narrow, covered with fine striations for sharpening. Its handle baluster-shaped, with an acorn finial. 106.04 Tooth-pick: Formed of an antelope's toe. 106.05 Case: Stamped leather sheath with four shaped compartments for each implement.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Set

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1750

Time Period

18

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

On Blade: the letters IP in a panel

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC106

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 201mm Fork: 195mm Steel: 215mm Tooth-pick: 81mm Case: 160mm