Name/Title
Knife & ForkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.211Description
211.01 Knife: The blade straight sided, with squared off end rising to a point with a short baluster-shaped bolster of hexagonal section the latter bears traces of gilding.
211.02 Fork: Head with three curved tines, in silver-gilt, engraved with a little acanthus foliage, on a longer slender neck of hexagonal baluster shape.
Handles: Ivory; each carved to represent a serpent-entwined apple tree with a rabbit at its base, behind the figures of Adam (on the knife) and Eve (on the fork) after the Fall. The serpent has an apple in its mouth.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1650 - 1700Time Period
17Place
Country
ItalyContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On blade: the letter M under a crownOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC211Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 170mm
Fork overall: 144mm; tines: 34mm; neck 42mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 132
