Two-toothed steel fork with an ivory handle carved with three overlapping putti holding fruit.

Two-toothed steel fork with an ivory handle carved with three overlapping putti holding fruit.
Flanders or Germany, mid 17th century.
L.: 18.5 cm.
A set of cutlery consisting of a spoon, knife and fork with similar decoration is known to have been preserved in the Louvre Museum in Paris (Inv. OA 2308)
Bibliography: Philippe Malgouyres, Ivoires de la Renaissance et des Temps Modernes, La collection du Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2010, page 218. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.