Table fork and knife in a case
ca. 1741
Place madeEurope
Steel, porcelain, wood
Container: 7/8 × 9 × 2 1/4 in. (2.2 × 22.9 × 5.7 cm)
Part (Fork): 7 3/4 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (19.7 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Part (Knife): 7 7/8 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (20 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Part (Fork): 7 3/4 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (19.7 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Part (Knife): 7 7/8 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (20 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
INV.14035a-c
DescriptionKnife and fork with steel blade and tines and porcelain handles with painted blue floral decoration and silver foliate tips; conical handle sockets with incised rings; flat, pointed blade, edged on the curved side; fork with two tines and short molded stem; wooden, trapezoidal case with tooled and gilt foliate scrolls around the edge of the lid and the tooled inscription, "J*S*B/ F.L.B./ 1741" in roman letters; metal hook and eye closures on one side; lined with molded chamois. Markingstooled: on the case lid: "J*S*B/ F.L.B/ 1741"
ClassificationsSILVER
