Name/Title
Knife, carving and forkEntry/Object ID
0000.1.278Description
278.01 Knife: Blade, single-edged with bolster formed as a recessed moulding; tip of blade missing, probably removed intentionally.
278.02 Fork: Head with two straight tines, and long spirally-twisted stem.
Handles: Silver in tapered cylindrical form, with domed tops: decorated with embossed acanthus foliage and pellets, and encircling double frieze, the lower part of standing figures of angels in ovals each holding aloft a ball in the left hand and a baton (trumpet?) in the right; the upper contains small figures of horsemen in classical dress under rounded arches, the background is sown with punched circles.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Artist
Blade, probably Joseph Arnold (mark registered 1703)
Handles, James Hughes (smallworker) (mark registered at Goldsmiths' Hall 1697 when he was described as a free Lorimer).Date made
circa 1705 - circa 1710Time Period
18Place
City
LondonCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Blade: The letter A under a crown, and a dagger.
Handles: Stamped twice with Leopards Head and the letters HV in a pearled circleOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC278Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 372mm
Fork: 374mm
