Knife & Fork

Name/Title

Knife & Fork

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.111

Description

111.01 Knife: Blade sabre-shaped. 111.02 Fork: Head with four curved tines, long tapered neck, and deeply waisted bolster. Handles curved and tapering of green-stained ivory, with striated lines of decoration, and applied small silver ornaments in shapes like shells and flowers; flat tops with large rose washers.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork and Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1750

Time Period

18

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Knife: On blade: two devices, one like a cross below an X with a short line through the middle (See illustration of detail below)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC111

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 202mm Fork: 182mm