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Traveling Cutlery Set with Antler Handle Traveling Cutlery Set
This is a Traveling cutlery set. It is dated ca. 1780–1820 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is antler, steel, leather, silver plated, nickel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
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 (knife (a)): 20.1 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm (7 15/16 × 1 3/8 × 11/16 in.) L x W x D (sheath (b)): 10.9 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm (4 5/16 × 1 1/16 × 1/2 in.) L x W x D (fork tines (c)): 8.6 × 1.2 × 0.1 cm (3 3/8 × 1/2 × 1/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Unmarked
Cite this object as
Traveling Cutlery Set with Antler Handle Traveling Cutlery Set; probably Austria; antler, steel, leather, silver plated, nickel; L x W x D (knife (a)): 20.1 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm (7 15/16 × 1 3/8 × 11/16 in.) L x W x D (sheath (b)): 10.9 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm (4 5/16 × 1 1/16 × 1/2 in.) L x W x D (fork tines (c)): 8.6 × 1.2 × 0.1 cm (3 3/8 × 1/2 × 1/16 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-1-a/c
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
