Accession No
TEMP.01872.1-2
Description
Table knife TEMP.01872.1 with a steel scimitar-shaped blade with rounded tip; the handle is of white porcelain decorated with blue floral motifs and has a silver ferrule embossed with a reeded border and invected edges. The table fork TEMP.01872.2 has three long steel tines on a baluster stem; the handle is of white porcelain decorated with blue floral motifs and has a silver ferrule embossed with a reeded border and with an invected edge.
Place
Europe
Period
Post Medieval 18th century
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01872.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic (fired); Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
220mm
Events
Context (Display)
Object mounted on plain paper-wrapped display board, mounted with metal pins. This form of mounting possibly indicates the item was on display in Peterhouse before the museum moved to its current site on Downing Street. Hand-written label on display board reading in black ink: 'KNIFE & FORK with porcelain handles. Middle of 18th c.'
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
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: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Table knife TEMP.01872.1 with a steel scimitar-shaped blade with rounded tip; the handle is of white porcelain decorated with blue floral motifs and has a silver ferrule embossed with a reeded border and invected edges. The table fork TEMP.01872.2 has three long steel tines on a baluster stem; the handle is of white porcelain decorated with blue floral motifs and has a silver ferrule embossed with a reeded border and with an invected edge.
Event Date 6/11/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:299008
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