Description
Hunting cutlery consisting of a knife and a two-pronged fork in deer antler and steel. The handles are made from a fragment of raw antler, with the central part carved as a bust emerging from a natural collar, one with a hairless chin wearing a hat with a raised brim, the other with a moustache and a cap with a dangling tip, probably Harlequin and Pantaloon from the Commedia dell'arte. Southern Germany or Austria, circa 1750-1760 Knife L. 22,2 cm Fork L. 18,7 cm (tiny lack) Books consulted : - Exposition Nice 1994, Couverts de l'art gothique à l'art nouveau, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Palais Masséna, cat. 137, p. 81-82 and 163 - J. Amme, Historische Bestecke, Arnoldsche, 2002, p. 188-198 - Cuttlery from Gothic to Art Deco, The J. Hollander collection, Pandora, 2003, n°211, p. 126-127
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Hunting cutlery consisting of a knife and a two-pronged fork in deer antler and steel. The handles are made from a fragment of raw antler, with the central part carved as a bust emerging from a natural collar, one with a hairless chin wearing a hat with a raised brim, the other with a moustache and a cap with a dangling tip, probably Harlequin and Pantaloon from the Commedia dell'arte. Southern Germany or Austria, circa 1750-1760 Knife L. 22,2 cm Fork L. 18,7 cm (tiny lack) Books consulted : - Exposition Nice 1994, Couverts de l'art gothique à l'art nouveau, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Palais Masséna, cat. 137, p. 81-82 and 163 - J. Amme, Historische Bestecke, Arnoldsche, 2002, p. 188-198 - Cuttlery from Gothic to Art Deco, The J. Hollander collection, Pandora, 2003, n°211, p. 126-127
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