Name/Title
Knife & ForkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.126Description
126.01 Knife: Blade scimitar-shaped, with rounded bolster.
126.02 Fork: Head has two long steel tines.
Handles of agate with sixteen facets, plain silver ferrules and circular caps (one missing); each ferrule engraved in cursive lettering 'Elizabeth Blundel of Woolwitch in Kent 1697'.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1697Time Period
17Place
City
LondonCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeNotes
Company Connection: How became a freeman in 1682, Master in 1705 and died in 1720. Mark in use by How in 1686.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Knife: Heart and crown (?) and the dagger (much defaced)
Fork:Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC126Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 219mm
Fork: 173mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 53
