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TWO-PIECE BASILISK CUTLERY SET WITH KNIFE AND FORK AND WITH A SHEATH FROM A DIFFERENT SET
Switzerland, Zurich, 2nd half of the 17th century. Probably by Hans Peter Oeri (1637-1692).
Conical, twisted handle in silver, in part gilt, with a spiral niello band depicting the dragon's tail. Handle ends shaped like basilisk heads. Blade with tip on the cutting edge, the blade bolster retracted. Fork tip with two tines, the neck of the fork retracted at the end. The sheath probably Ottoman, 18th century. Wooden core covered with silver sheet, relief decorated with tendrils, birds and animals, the intermediate surfaces punched and gilt. Leaf frieze at the top, the tip shaped like a bud.
L knife 22.5 cm, fork 19 cm. L with sheath, in total 27.5 cm.
Gilding highly rubbed in some areas, knife handle with larger dents and losses to the niello. Blade with traces of corrosion.
Provenance: Achille Jubinal Collection, Paris, c. 1874.
This object is illustrated in: South Kensington Museum. Illustrated catalogue of a collection of antique cutlery lent to the South Kensington Museum by M. Achille Jubinal. London, 1874, Plate IX, no. 177.
Two similar handles, but cast in brass and less finely executed, are in the Basel Historical Museum (inv. no. 1875.11). Cf. Iris Kolly. Artistic cutlery - A selection from the collection of the Basel Historical Museum. 2006. p. 17. The catalog refers to similar, but more finely designed pieces of cutlery in the Swiss National Museum, which are attributed to the Zurich goldsmith Hans Peter Oeri (1637-1692) (Cf. Gertrud Benker. Old cutlery, a contribution to the history of table culture. Munich, 1978, p. 91, fig. 142). The handles could represent the hybrid creature basilisk, which mixes the upper body of a rooster with the tail of a snake.
A very similar set of cutlery, also described as basilisk cutlery, from Rosenheim, late 17th century from the Sigmaringen Princely Collections is in the Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main. Cf. knife fork spoon. Frankfurt am Main, 1995, p. 107, No. 49. A further pair of forks and knives and a single knife, located and dated to Zurich 17th century, are part of the collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (Cf. Bernhard Heitmann & Carlos Boerner, Historische Bestecke aus der Sammlung des Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg 2007, pp. 32/33. figs. 20 & 22.).
For further comparisons see:
- Jochen Amme. Historische Bestecke. Stuttgart, 2002. p. 97, fig. 223.
- Jochen Amme. Historische Bestecke, Collection Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen. Aachen, 2011. p. 129, ill. 109.
- Arthur Pabst. Die Kunstsammlungen Richard Zschille in Grossenhain, Besteck-Sammlung Speise- Tisch- Gärtner-Geräte und Werkzeuge. Berlin. 1893, pl. 12, fig. 97.
- Petermandl Collection, Vienna Technical Museum (inv. no. 64520).
- Special exhibition catalog of the Swiss National Museum Zurich. Barocker Luxus Das Werk des Zürcher Goldschmieds Hans Peter Oeri 1637-1692. Zurich, 1988. pp. 102-105.
Provenance: Achille Jubinal Collection, Paris, c. 1874.
This object is illustrated in: South Kensington Museum. Illustrated catalogue of a collection of antique cutlery lent to the South Kensington Museum by M. Achille Jubinal. London, 1874, Plate IX, no. 177.
Two similar handles, but cast in brass and less finely executed, are in the Basel Historical Museum (inv. no. 1875.11). Cf. Iris Kolly. Artistic cutlery - A selection from the collection of the Basel Historical Museum. 2006. p. 17. The catalog refers to similar, but more finely designed pieces of cutlery in the Swiss National Museum, which are attributed to the Zurich goldsmith Hans Peter Oeri (1637-1692) (Cf. Gertrud Benker. Old cutlery, a contribution to the history of table culture. Munich, 1978, p. 91, fig. 142). The handles could represent the hybrid creature basilisk, which mixes the upper body of a rooster with the tail of a snake.
A very similar set of cutlery, also described as basilisk cutlery, from Rosenheim, late 17th century from the Sigmaringen Princely Collections is in the Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main. Cf. knife fork spoon. Frankfurt am Main, 1995, p. 107, No. 49. A further pair of forks and knives and a single knife, located and dated to Zurich 17th century, are part of the collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (Cf. Bernhard Heitmann & Carlos Boerner, Historische Bestecke aus der Sammlung des Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg 2007, pp. 32/33. figs. 20 & 22.).
For further comparisons see:
- Jochen Amme. Historische Bestecke. Stuttgart, 2002. p. 97, fig. 223.
- Jochen Amme. Historische Bestecke, Collection Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen. Aachen, 2011. p. 129, ill. 109.
- Arthur Pabst. Die Kunstsammlungen Richard Zschille in Grossenhain, Besteck-Sammlung Speise- Tisch- Gärtner-Geräte und Werkzeuge. Berlin. 1893, pl. 12, fig. 97.
- Petermandl Collection, Vienna Technical Museum (inv. no. 64520).
- Special exhibition catalog of the Swiss National Museum Zurich. Barocker Luxus Das Werk des Zürcher Goldschmieds Hans Peter Oeri 1637-1692. Zurich, 1988. pp. 102-105.
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