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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Knife and fork in a sheath, the blade of the knife and the three prongs of the fork of steel, the handles of ivory with silver gilt mounts, the sheath of wood and bound in green velvet which has worn bare except where covered by the silver mounts, these mounts showing traces of gilding, the rim mount with a loop with shell terminal on one side towards the top, the end mount terminating in a double-faced head apparently wearing a wig; the mounts on the knife and fork engraved with stiff leaves and other motifs on a matted ground, the mounts of the sheath chased and embossed with Laub-und-Bandelwerk on a matted ground, the decoration of the rim mount incorporating a now obliterated crest of an elephant's head.
