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Knife with Gryphon's Head Engraving Knife
This is a knife. It is dated ca. 1700 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is silver, steel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Implements of eating" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
" It was around this time that the sharp, pointed blade of the table knife became both blunter and wider, to facilitate scooping up foods like peas and conveying them to the mouth without risk of wounding oneself (fig. 10). The design for spoons changed, too. For centuries they had been made to be held in the fist, a practice that led to a good deal of slurping whenever soup was consumed (fig. 11). "
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: 19.6 × 2 × 1.8 cm (7 11/16 × 13/16 × 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Unmarked
It is inscribed
On handle: [1] unidentified gryphon's head crest
Cite this object as
Knife with Gryphon's Head Engraving Knife; probably Netherlands; silver, steel; L x W x D: 19.6 × 2 × 1.8 cm (7 11/16 × 13/16 × 11/16 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
