Knife & Fork

Name/Title

Knife & Fork

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.208

Description

208.01 Knife: The blade scimitar-shaped with short baluster-shaped bolster. 208.02 Fork: Head has three slender curved tines on a long baluster neck. Handles: Porcelain, dog-leg shaped, formed as white branches with raised, pink white and yellow apple-blossom clinging to the surface. The ferrules, of copper alloy, were originally gilded, with concave and beaded mouldings.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Fork and Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1840

Time Period

19

Place

Country

France

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

None

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC208

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Knife: 203mm Fork overall: 180mm; tines: 53mm; neck: 33mm