Rare Travelling Fork and Three Knife Set
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Rare Travelling Fork and Three Knife Set
Rare Travelling Fork and Three Knife Set
Period 1600-1700
Origin England
Medium Ivory, Steel, silver, sealing wax, Wax
Dimension 17 cm (6³/₄ inches)
A Rare Travelling Fork and Three Knife Set
Two knives and fork handles inlaid with silver and ‘red’ sealing wax decoration with a ‘Tulip’ design to each, one single knife with ‘piqué’ decoration to the top
Cutlers mark to three blades: a ‘crowned’ M
Ivory, silver, gilt, sealing wax, leather traveling case
England
17th Century
SIZE: knives: 16.8cm long - 6⁵⁄₈ ins long (max) fork: 16.5cm long - 6½ ins long
Two knives and fork handles inlaid with silver and ‘red’ sealing wax decoration with a ‘Tulip’ design to each, one single knife with ‘piqué’ decoration to the top
Cutlers mark to three blades: a ‘crowned’ M
Ivory, silver, gilt, sealing wax, leather traveling case
England
17th Century
SIZE: knives: 16.8cm long - 6⁵⁄₈ ins long (max) fork: 16.5cm long - 6½ ins long
Period: 1600-1700
Origin: England
Medium: Ivory, Steel, silver, sealing wax, Wax
Dimension: 17 cm (6³/₄ inches)
Provenance: Ex Private English collection
SEE: for a similar set, Ashmolean Musuem, Oxford, inv. no. 1949 / 260 (three knives and one fork in a travelling sheath / case
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