Knife and fork, folding

Name/Title

Knife and fork, folding

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.184

Description

184.01 Knife: Blade has straight back and edge, flaring slightly to a wide cut-off tip in a shallow triangular shape. 184.02 Fork:Two long curving tines on a baluster neck. Handles: Tortoiseshell scales, decorated with silver pique and fixed to the tang with five silver studs. Silver ferrules at base of scales decorated with rectangular panels top and bottom and fish scales between.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork and Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1675 - 1700

Time Period

17

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

On blade : a mullet

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC184

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 190mm Fork: 185mm