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The blade of this one is decorated with an etched design. The design was painted in an acid-resistant material before the object was dipped into an acid bath. The acid ate into the exposed metal leaving the design in relief. The handles are decorated with piqué work: thin strips of silver inlaid into ivory. Coloured enamels and lacquers add depth to the flower patterns.\r\n\r\nCutlers specialised in making blades. They trained as apprentices for up to seven years, working for a freeman cutler who housed and fed them. In England a cutler would have to prove himself as bladesmith and hafter (maker of handles) in order to obtain the freedom of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers, gain his own mark and set up his own business.\r\n\r\nMany cutlers acted as middlemen who bought blades from bladesmiths, handles from hafters and sheaths from sheathers. They assembled the cutlery themselves and sold them under their own names.\n\n","physicalDescription":"Présentoir, carving knife and fork with handles of ivory and silver piqué work and etching on the blade. All the handles are decorated with piqué work: thin strips of silver inlaid into ivory with flower patterns. Coloured enamels and lacquers enhance the designs. The blade of the carving knife is decorated with an etched design. The handle of the presentoir is inscribed with mottos in Latin and German. The blade of the presentoir is impressed with etched designs of pomegranates and floral motifs, and further faint German words, which are not entirely legible or comprehensible. 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