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Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork) Knife
This is a knife. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated after 1730 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Historical Overview" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
"However, porcelain handles were made for export in China and given European blades (fig. 66). In France, the production of porcelain handles initially was confined to blue and white. The hard-paste porcelain produced by Augustus the Strong's Meissen manufactory started adding color in the decade between 1710 and 1720, and expanded later (figs. 67,68)."
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: 22.2 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm (8 3/4 × 7/8 × 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Unmarked
It is signed
Unsigned
It is inscribed
Uninscribed
Cite this object as
Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork) Knife; Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany); Germany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, silver; L x W x D: 22.2 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm (8 3/4 × 7/8 × 11/16 in.); The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg; 1985-103-189
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
