Knife fork and spoon with a case

Name/Title

Knife fork and spoon with a case

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.109

Description

109.01 Knife: The blade flaring with profiled triangular end and gilt, flattened bolster. 109.02 Fork: Two long straight tines with a writhen neck. The whole gilt. 109.03 Spoon: Silver-gilt, with an oval rat-tail bowl and baluster neck. Handles: Flaring, circular in section, of silver-gilt filigree. All implements unscrew from their handles. 109.04 Case: Shaped wood with a hinged lid, the exterior covered with red leather, stamped with gilt decoration of stars and scroll borders; the interior covered with red silk; at the front, two silver pivot-hooks, and two eyelet catches, one of silver and the other of iron.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Set

Made/Created

Artist

Spoon : Johan Jebenz (Master 1694, died 1737)

Date made

1694 - 1737

Time Period

17

Place

City

Augsburg

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Knife On blade: a device Fork: Spoon: (the Augsburg town mark); the letters JJ in a pierced circle (mark of Johan Jebenz)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC109

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 146mm Fork: 136mm Spoon: 149mm Case: 181mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 124