Cake Knife; Fork
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- metal, silver; shell, mother of pearl
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0083 a,b
- Description
- A cake serving set consisting of a knife (a) and fork (b). Both pieces have simple white mother of pearl handles. The fork and knife are marked “sterling”.a) The knife has a wide curved silver blade which is half open-work filigree and half solid with the filigree pattern continued as engraving.b…
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- Title
- Cake Knife; Fork
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- metal, silver; shell, mother of pearl
- Dimensions
- 27.0 (a); 20.0 (b) cm
- Description
- A cake serving set consisting of a knife (a) and fork (b). Both pieces have simple white mother of pearl handles. The fork and knife are marked “sterling”.a) The knife has a wide curved silver blade which is half open-work filigree and half solid with the filigree pattern continued as engraving.b) The fork has a wide blade with five tines and a pierced decoration at the base of the tines.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0083 a,b
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