Knife Handle
ca. 1750-55 (made)
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Soft-paste porcelain knife or fork handle of pistol-butt form and moulded in relief with flowers and foliage on interlaced stems.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain with moulded decoration |
| Brief description | Soft-paste porcelain knife or fork handle of pistol-butt form and moulded in relief with flowers and foliage on interlaced stems, Chelsea porcelain factory, London, ca. 1750-55 |
| Physical description | Soft-paste porcelain knife or fork handle of pistol-butt form and moulded in relief with flowers and foliage on interlaced stems. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Part of a group of knife and fork handles with 414:165 to /G-1885 (Sch. I 20 to G) There is no record of where Lady Charlotte Schreiber acquired these pieces in the annotated copy of the first edition of the catalogue. Acquired as Bow porcelain |
| Production | Previously attributed to Bow |
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| Bibliographic reference | Stevenson, Tony. ‘A Review of Chelsea, Chelsea-Derby and Derby Knife and Fork Hafts’Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, vol. 14, part 1, fig. 3b |
| Other number | Sch. I 20 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:165-1885 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2008 |
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