Pottery: Unknown
Saltglazed-stoneware and steel; each knife with white saltglazed-stoneware handle and steel scimitar-shaped blade; the three tined fork with similar handle
Saltglazed-stoneware and steel; each knife has a saltglazed-stoneware pistol grip handle and steel scimitar-shaped blade. The all white handle is moulded in relief with a bird on a spray of prunus blossom. The broad steel ferrule has a scalloped border. The fork has three steel tines and a similar, but slightly smaller, handle to that of the knife.
History note: Cunliffe & Co. (Mr Hampden), 38 Hanbury Street; bought on 10 November 1917 for £3 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
Circa
1760
CE
Handle
composed of
stoneware
( salt-glazed)
Blade
composed of
steel
Ferrule
composed of
steel
Tines
composed of
steel
Fork C
Length 20.5 cm
Knife A
Length 26.3 cm
Knife B
Length 26.3 cm
Accession number: C.539A-C-1928
Primary reference Number: 167109
Old object number: 4875A & B
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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