Factory:
Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory
(Handle)
Production:
Unknown
(Blade)
Knife with steel blade, silver ferrule, and soft-paste porcelain handle, painted underglaze in blue in Berainesque style
Steel blade; silver ferrule; soft-paste porcelain handle painted underglaze in blue, with an iron rod projecting from a central hole at the upper end. The handle is of tapering cylindrical form with a rounded upper end. The upper and lower ends of the sides are decorated with berainesque borders, and the upper end with a multi-petalled flower head. The long, narrow blade is slightly curved on the lower edge and comes to a blunt point at the end.
History note: The Rev. G.A. Schneider; sold Sotheby's, 4 June 1942, Catalogue of European Ceramics and Glass comprising the interesting and extensive collection of the Rev. G.A. Schneider, p. 18, part of lot 84; the lot sold for £10 Louis C.G. Clarke by whom given to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Given by Louis C.G. Clarke, MA
Length: 27.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, first half#
Circa
1700
CE
-
1740
CE
Handle
composed of
soft-paste porcelain
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
Ferrule
composed of
silver
Blade
composed of
steel
Accession number: EC.44A-1942
Primary reference Number: 82182
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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