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Saint-Cloud Porcelain Factory, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer)
Boxed set of dessert cutlery (1730-1760)
porcelain (soft-paste)
20.6 cm length (each knife) 17.3 cm length (each fork) 16.2 cm length (each spoon)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Christopher Begg in honour of Patricia Begg OAM, 2024
© Public Domain
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Boxed set of dessert cutlery
(1730-1760)
Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)
Measurements
20.6 cm length (each knife) 17.3 cm length (each fork) 16.2 cm length (each spoon)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Christopher Begg in honour of Patricia Begg OAM, 2024
© Public Domain
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Knife boxes stood on the sideboard so that servants could set out fresh cutlery for each new course of a meal. This example contains a fruit service with French porcelain handles and English silver forks, knife blades and spoons. Silver was used for fruit services, as the natural acids in fruit could discolour steel cutlery.