Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cutlery Handle

ca. 1735-ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of a pair of knife or fork handles, porcelain, pistol-gripped and painted with chinoiseries in enamel.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Porcelain knife or fork handle, pistol-gripped and painted with chinoiseries, possibly manufactured by Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, about 1735-1750
Physical description
One of a pair of knife or fork handles, porcelain, pistol-gripped and painted with chinoiseries in enamel.
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Production
Acquired as Chantilly; reattributed to 'perhaps Saint-Cloud, c. 1735'
Subject depicted
Associated object
1384-1902 (Set)
Collection
Accession number
1384A-1902

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Record createdSeptember 3, 2004
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