Name/Title
Knife, folding, fork and spoon in caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.213Description
213.01 Knife: Blade, flaring slightly with almost straight side and edge, the latter cut at an angle to form a triangular point.
213.02 Fork: Head of iron with two long, very slightly down-curved tines and a flat neck.
Handles (of knife and fork): Iron, both of flat pistol-grip form, widening at the top where they are cut to a cusped beak shape, and tapering to the front where they are flattened and slotted to receive the heads, the end of the pivot on each side being framed in a punched rosette; slightly convex scales divided into panels of gilt, silver and blue, variously counterfeit-damascened in gold and silver, and engraved, with scroll-work and conventional flowers; the back springs slightly decorated with chamfering and incised lines.
213.03 Spoon: Egg-shaped rat-tail bowl in silver, on a short neck hinged to a flat iron trifid handle decorated en suite with the other handles: a sliding silver collar chased with lines and a little conventional foliage serves to lock the two parts in the open position.
213.04 Case: Hardened leather, shaped and made in two halves, the body divided into shaped compartments to take the implements; the rims of both parts are painted red, and the exterior is decorated with two raised mouldings, that on the body serving as a stop for the lid, and stamped with close-set longitudinal bands of conventional foliage.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1700 - 1750Time Period
18Place
City
Carlsbad?Country
GermanyContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On blade: a device like a baluster-shaped covered cup.
On spoon neck: the letters W over A I in a quatrefoilOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC213Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: open 177mm
Fork: 177mm
Spoon: 182mm
Case, closed: 115mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 174
