Harvard Art Museums > 1999.306.51.1-4: Travelling Cutlery Set Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Travelling Cutlery Set (Unidentified Artist) , 1999.306.51.1-4,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/186490. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.306.51.1-4 People Unidentified Artist Title Travelling Cutlery Set Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type tool/equipment Date c. 1690 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/186490 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver, steel, shagreen, wood, silk, brass Dimensions case: 15.2 × 6.3 × 6.3 cm (6 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.) knife: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.) fork: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.) spoon / marrow scoop: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.) 152 g Inscriptions and Marks maker's mark: on steel knife blade, struck: cutler's mark: a crown under a dagger inscription: fork handle, engraved: G * H inscription: knife handle, engraved: G * H inscription: back of spoon bowl, engraved: G * H Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Berg, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1999. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.306.51.1-4 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Comprising two cannon-shaped handles engraved with a continuous pattern of cherubs clamouring amid foliate scrolls within stiff leaf borders, into which screw a steel knife blade and a steel two-pronged fork; and a combination spoon with rat-tail bowl engraved with scrolling foliage and marrow scoop with similar decoration, the two handles and the back of the spoon bowl engraved with the initials G*H; in a fitted shagreen-covered case with wood inset and brass thumbpiece. Publication History Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 84-85, cat. no. 47, repr. p. 84, details repr. p. 84. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
