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Knife
Marked by: Peter Harache I (first mark entered 1698, free in 1682)
English (London)
1689–90
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver gilt, steel
Dimensions
Overall: 1.9 x 21.1 cm, 70 gm (3/4 x 8 5/16 in., 2.47 oz.)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number64.705
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe knife has a tapering cylindrical handle with a bun-shaped terminus. It is engraved with scrolling foliage and acanthus leaf borders. The fork has four tines, a flattened stem, and a trefid terminus. The spoon has an oval bowl, a rat tail, and a flattened stem with a trefid terminus. The handles of the spoon and fork are engraved with scrolling foliage against a striated ground. The handle of the knife is formed of a seamed sheet, engraved, and gilt. The forged steel blade extends through the handle, and fits into a hole in the terminus of the silver. The spoon and fork are both forged from single pieces of silver, engraved and gilt.
Marks
On back of stem of fork and spoon, maker's mark PH a mullet between, a crescent below and two ermine spots and a crown above in a shaped shield (Jackson, 1921, p. 150; rev. ed. 1989, p. 140); leopard's head crowned; lion passant; date letter M
InscriptionsEngraved on each piece: M over GS; MK
ProvenancePurchased from Fireston & Parson, Boston, May 13, 1964, Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour.