Name/Title
Knife fork and bodkin in caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.192Description
192.01 Knife: Blade slightly tapering, with straight edge and back curing down to form the point.
192.02 Fork: Head with two curved tines on a long baluster neck.
Handles: Silver, engraved with flowers and scroll work. Each have 2 panels; one on either side. The knife shows a woman in a flower garden on one side and a man cutting corn with a sickle on the other. In the background is a church and other buildings. The fork has a man (possibly a soldier) playing a drum on one side and man carrying a banner on the other side. Both knife and fork are engraved on one side with the letters VKP, perhaps the owners initials.
192.03 Bodkin: Steel, shaped like a knitting needle with moulded top surmounted by a silver cap.
192.04 Case: Wood, covered with shagreen and mounted in silver.Collection
Cutlery Collection, SetMade/Created
Date made
circa 1750Time Period
18Place
Country
HollandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On blade : a crowned dagger
On handles 'DR U' and an illegible mark
? the Boar's HeadOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC192Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 256mm
Fork: 234mm
Bodkin: 208mm
Case: 237mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 176
