Name/Title
Knife and fork in caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.144Description
144.01 Knife: Blade with straight sides, slightly flaring, and square-ended.
144.02 Fork: Two long-straight tines and long moulded neck.
Handles: Tapering ivory of circular section carved all over with diamond and shuttle-shaped facets and with short, plain, silver caps and ferrules, the former domed and slightly flanged.
144.03 Case: Cuir bouill.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Artist
Bell, John or Justice, ThomasDate made
1675 - 1700Time Period
17Place
City
LondonCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeNotes
Company Connection: John Bell's mark registered 1650 and 1673.
Thomas Justice's mark registered 1653.
Ephriam How also illegally used this mark in 1686.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Knife: On blade: heart and crown and the dagger.
Fork:
Case:Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC144Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 155mm
Fork: 117mm
Case: 135mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 39
