Cutlery urn
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1775
Materials
Mahogany, oak, tulipwood, sycamore, boxwood, ebony
Measurements
69 x 26 cm (the base 23cm x 22cm)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608219.1
Summary
One of a pair of mahogany cutlery urns, or knife urns, English, circa 1775. Faceted, and with twelve sides. The hinged, stepped and broadening cover topped by a spire finial. The interior fitted with a top pierced for cutlery of various sizes in five stepped tiers. On a waisted socle and a mahogany-veneered and tulipwood-crossbanded oak base with ogee bracket feet. Strung throughout with holly and ebony and with sycamore and mahogany chequer inlay.
Provenance
A gift to the National Trust at Attingham Park from the Edwin D. Cohen collection, circa 1980.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of lid: B6394 Under base: EF.80-12-5