Travel Cutlery Set with Leather Case
CultureDutch or French
Dateca. 1645-1660
MediumWood, gilded leather, red silk (case); enamel en ronde basse, on copper gilt and silver gilt, and iron (cutlery)
Dimensions.1 (fork): 5/8 × 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (1.59 × 1.59 × 16.19 cm)
.2 (knife): 1/2 × 3/8 × 6 1/4 inches (1.27 × 0.95 × 15.88 cm)
.3 (spoon): 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (1.27 × 4.45 × 15.88 cm)
.4 (case open): 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (1.91 × 13.97 × 18.42 cm)
.2 (knife): 1/2 × 3/8 × 6 1/4 inches (1.27 × 0.95 × 15.88 cm)
.3 (spoon): 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (1.27 × 4.45 × 15.88 cm)
.4 (case open): 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (1.91 × 13.97 × 18.42 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Lillian M. Diveley Fund
Object number2023.6.1-4
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DescriptionA three-piece set of cutlery (spoon, two pronged fork and knife) in its original wooden core (“âme de bois”) case, covered in gilded leather on the outside and lined with red silk. The spoon is silver gilt, the fork is copper gilt and the knife has an iron blade. All handles are enamel en ronde bosse, decorated with floral and foliate forms.ProvenanceHoppenbrouwer collection, Turnhout, Belgium, before 2019;
Bernard Descheemaker, Bernard Descheemaker Works of Art, Antwerp, Belgium, 2019;
Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2023.
Bernard Descheemaeker. Vigilantia: A Selection from My Most Recent Acquisitions, catalogue 23 (Antwerp: 2023): no. 36, pp. 86–87, 107 (ill.)
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