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Knife and Fork with Leather Case
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Because cutlery was not common during the 18th century, wealthy travelers frequently carried their own sets with them. This particularly elegant set has agate handles mounted with openwork gold representing birds in scrolls and hunters with spears. The fitted leather case with tooled leather may predate the cutlery and be of French origin.
Provenance
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Leon Gruel, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
knife: 7 3/8 in. (18.73 cm);
fork: 7 1/4 in. (18.42 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.990