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Knife box with sloping lid, mahogany veneer with silver mounts, containing cutlery. London, ca. 1775-85.
Knife box veneered in mahogany, cross-banded and inlaid with various wood. Sloping lid with silver handle in the centre. Serpentine front, silver hasp and escutcheon decorated with pierced scroll-work. The interior lined with red velvet and silver braid and divided into slots for cutleyr, containing 12 large and 12 small knives, 12 large and 12 small forks and a piar of carvers, all with silver …
Subject
- Containers; Food vessels & Tableware; Household objects; Furniture; Woodwork
Type of item
- Knife box
Date
- ca. 1775-85
- 1775~/1785~
Subject
- Containers; Food vessels & Tableware; Household objects; Furniture; Woodwork
Type of item
- Knife box
Date
- ca. 1775-85
- 1775~/1785~
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Places
- London
Identifier
- O105015
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-12T14:27:06.401Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-04-26T14:17:35.779Z