Name/Title
Knife & ForkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.149Description
149.01 Knife: The blade sabre-shaped with concave back, scopped away to a sharp point. The blade edges convex with waisted bolster. The blade unscrews from the handle.
149,02 Fork: Three curved tines, sloping shoulders and baluster neck, and a fixed handle.
Handles: Oval swellings at the ends, chiselled steel sides covering an engraved silver side panel, and with tortoiseshell scales pique in silver with small circles of wire, larger rosettes, and very large engraved floral bosses. The finials of close plated steel, and seal-shaped.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1725 - 1750Time Period
18Place
Country
GermanyContinent
EuropeOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC149Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 229mm
Fork: 190mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 167
