Name/Title
KnifeEntry/Object ID
0000.1.197Description
Blade made entirely of silver, of strongly-curved sabre shape, with the back at the rear cut to a Cupid's Bow shape. Handle flat, of cast silver, narrow where it joins the blade and widening toward the top into a rounded beak; the back is straight and plain, the remainder cast and chased with rococo scrolls, involving, at the top, a human face.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
circa 1750Time Period
18Inscription/Signature/Marks
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC197Exhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 172
