Traveling set in leather case, ca. 1745–50, German, Augsburg, Gilded silver, steel, Meissen porcelain, tooled leather, velvet, Length (Fork [a]): 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Johann Ludwig Laminit (German, 1696–1752), Johann Jakob Bruglocher II (German, active 1710–52), Johann Mittnacht III (1706–1758, master 1735), Often found in local inventories, the German terms Mundzeug and Besteck originally referred to a case or sheath for holding a personal set of cutlery. These sets contained essential utensils—a knife, fork, and spoon—and other implements, and they reflect the aristocratic ceremony of dining in the eighteenth century
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Traveling set, leather case, ca, 1745–50, German, Augsburg, Gilded silver, steel, Meissen porcelain, tooled leather, velvet, Length, Fork, 8 13/16, 22.4 cm, Metalwork-Silver, Johann Ludwig Laminit, 1696–1752, Jakob Bruglocher II, active, 1710–52, Mittnacht III, 1706–1758, master, 1735, Often, local inventories, German terms Mundzeug, Besteck originally, referred, case, sheath, holding, personal, cutlery, sets contained, essential, utensils—, knife, fork, spoon—, implements, reflect, aristocratic ceremony, dining, eighteenth century
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