Name/Title

Fork

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.198

Description

Head entirely of silver, with two long straight, tapering tines, diamond-shape in section, below ogee-shaped shoulders on a slender baluster neck. Handle of cast silver, a flattened rectangle in section, slightly flaring to curled, crested beak; decorated on both wider sides with a running hunting dog, huntsman and a stag: below curl of beak is a human full face, with long curls falling back down both of the narrow sides.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1750

Time Period

18

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Unidentifiable

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC198

Dimensions

Length

162 mm