Presentoir and Serving Fork

1580-1620 (Baroque) 20 15/16 in. (53.2 cm) Citation Source image

With handles made from precious, luminescent amber, these utensils for a servant to serve meat at a banquet rise above their function. Like other cutlery made of precious materials, they were also displayed for their artistry. They bear the arms of the Palatine Electors and we...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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