Knife & Fork

Name/Title

Knife & Fork

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.136

Description

136.01 Knife: Blade scimitar-shaped with plain bolster. 136.02 Fork: Two long tines with baluster-shaped shoulders. Handles: Pistol-shaped mother-of-pearl with silver ferrules decorated with reeded ribs, and with engraved and scalloped edges 136.03 Case:.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork and Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

1700 - 1725

Time Period

18

Place

City

Sheffield?

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Notes

Company Connection: Ephraim How, freeman 1682, Master 1705, died 1720

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

None on knife or fork

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC136

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 187mm Fork: 153mm Case:

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 75