Name/Title
Knife & ForkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.266Description
266.01 Knife: Blade single-edged, ground to a tapering point.
266.02 Fork: Head with two sharply-pointed tines and a long baluster shaped neck.
Handles: Enamelled copper, oval in section, tapering slightly toward the bottoms, and with flat tops; they are finished off at the bottom and top with simple gilded brass (or copper) ferrules and caps, each engraved in a single line; the enamel is painted with a spiral design of vines bearing grapes in natural colours, against a white ground.Collection
Cutlery Collection, Fork and KnifeMade/Created
Artist
Blade: Harrison Bros & Howson.
This name was first adopted in 1847.Date made
1760 - 1770Time Period
18Place
City
Sheffield; handles probably South StaffordshireCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On blade: HARRISON NORFOLK WORKS SHEFFIELDOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC266Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 229mm
Fork: 223mm
