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Case for Knife and Fork (Part of Traveling Cutlery Set) Case, ca. 1700
This is a case. It is dated ca. 1700 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is silver, wood. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from the historical overview in "Feeding Desire":
Early travel cases were originally just for knives, usually in pairs of different sizes, but began to invlude the fork as soon as it became generally acceptaed in each region. Such sets with cases are represented by examples in Cooper-Hewitt's collection from a variety of geographical locations, which include cases with various combinations of knives, forks, and/or spoons (figs. 45-48). Sometimes, the knives were carried separately, and folding forks and spoons, some of which used the same handle, traveled together ( fig. 49)
This object was
donated by
Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
It is credited The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 16.8 × 2.7 × 2 cm (6 5/8 × 1 1/16 × 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Unmarked
It is inscribed
On side, engraved in block letters: [1] "AGAOUA TOUMANF OW 1700"
Cite this object as
Case for Knife and Fork (Part of Traveling Cutlery Set) Case, ca. 1700; possibly Poland; silver, wood; L x W x D: 16.8 × 2.7 × 2 cm (6 5/8 × 1 1/16 × 13/16 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-100-a
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
