Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.228

Description

Sabre-shaped blade with triangular-shaped bolster. Rococo-shaped Meissen porcelain handle with opposing S-scrolls, painted with a musician and a court lady in park, interspersed with butterflies. The banded ferrule and beaded cap of silver.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1745

Time Period

18

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

On blade : a tree? and an 'R'?

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC228

Dimensions

Length

211 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 150