Context (Display)
Hand-written label adhered to display board reads: 'Knife and fork. Handle of bone inlaid with silver. English late 18th c.'
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Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Display)
Object mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board, mounted with metal pins. This form of mounting possibly indicates the item was put on display following the First World War, when the museum moved to its current site on Downing Street.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Knife and fork of early 18th century with handles of bone inlaid with silver
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Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Steel table knife and two-pronged fork with bone handles featuring silver inlay. Knife features scimitar-like blade with single cutting edge and flat back. Bone handles are rounded, tapering slightly towards their throat with rounded butts; handle surface features fine metal wire inlay comprised of a scrolling vine with leaves and blooming flowers, one flower at the butt and one at the throat, a bird with a stick in its mouth sits midway between the two flowers; design is mirrored on both sides of the handle.
Event Date 6/11/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal