Inventory Catalogue of the Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen. With the publication of volume l, the Jugendstil cutlery is presented in all its variety. The holdings include over 300 different patterns and provide the reader with a many-faceted survey of the most diverse shapes and designs. Jugendstil cutlery in all its diversity of decorative designs. First of three volumes on cutlery to include 1920-1940s and 1950-190s. Includes all the major designers and manufacturers of the period. Text in English and German.
Includes a selection od cutlery made from iron, wood, silver, shell, agate, bone and many other materials. Features cutlery from all over Europe as well as African and China
The largest and most beautiful private collection of European cutlery is being introduced to the public in this book for the first time. All types of cutlery of different materials from the Middle Ages (13th century) to modern times are illustrated; the author describes how cutlery was used at the tables of princes, peasants, and townsfolk, or how individual pieces were used purely as decorative objects. Each piece is illustrated in color and interesting details of cutlery finished in a particular artistic manner are depicted more extensively than ever before. The introductory and accompanying texts offer a general overview, while in the catalog each piece is described in a scholarly manner. Collectors and dealers will appreciate the section on marks, where all silver and blade marks are illustrated. An excellent survey of the development of cutlery over eight centuries.
"The Museum of Decorative Art in Copenhagen has attempted ... to acquire specimens of modern Danish tableware ... During recent years it has furthermore obtained collection of antique tableware, particularly English, French and Danish ... A suitable occasion has arisen which has provided me with an opportunity of reproducing and describing a few of the many knives, spoons and forks which have been collected so far. If the object of this collection of photographs had been to illustrate the history of tableware, our collection would however, have fallen short. That contained in the National Museum would be particularly indispensable as far as the Middle Ages and the Renaissance centuries are concerned. A number of magnificent royal eating utensils of gold are preserved in Rosenborg Palace, and the Royal Plate Room forms a kind of extension to Rosenborg ... Finally, the Deutsches Klingenmuseum at Solingen possesses one of the world's most comprehensive collections ..."--Preface, p. 5-6
From Peri Wolfman and Charles Gold -- authors of the best-selling The Perfect Setting -- comes the book that showcases one of today's favorite collectibles, vintage Forks, Knives & Spoons. Part of the fun in collecting is the search for new and unusual pieces, and Peri and Charley have amassed delicate coin silver tea spoons, bone-handled knives with rusted steel blades, wood-handled forks with decorative rivets, and picnic ware with bright Bakelite handles. They share the history behind the countless unusual serving pieces -- baked-potato forks, bread knives, and olive spoons among them -that date to Victorian times, and they identify the 29 place setting pieces still in manufacture today. The resource section offers advice on the care, cleaning, and storage of silver, steel, Bakelite, bone, and more. There are also names and addresses of some of the best places to shop for old silver and tableware. Charley's photographs capture the matte beauty of old steel, the warm gleam of silver, the glow of bone, and they offer inspiration for table settings. But the book's biggest bonus is the more than 35 recipes that are tasty ideas for putting your old finds to new use. In Forks, Knives & Spoons, Peri Wolfman and Charles Gold have created a book that both collectors and cooks are bound to relish.
This lavishly illustrated book documents a remarkable collection of cutlery and provides a complete survey of the design and evolution of British cutlery from Neolithic times to the present day.
