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Catalog Number CAS 0389-1622   CAS 0389-1622; Fork
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Fork
Culture Polynesian: Fijian
Global Region Oceania
Country Fiji
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Vanua Levu
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description Four pronged wooden "cannibal" fork.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 2.9, Length = 21.9
Catalog Number CAS 0389-1990   CAS 0389-1990; Knife
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Knife
Culture Dutch, possibly
Global Region Europe
Country Netherlands, possibly
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1883
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Metal: Steel; Wood (probably boxwood); Iron; Brass
Description Knife with metal blade and wooden handle; Blade without decoration; Proximal end of handle carved with a lion; Middle of handle is carved in geometric designs along with the date “ANNO 1883”; From BRL 1982: “Dinner knife with carved wood handle, probably boxwood; Geometric bottom surmounted by a lion finial; Cheap, factory-made blade, sleet steel, separate iron bolster, brass ferrule; Handle marked “ANNO 1883” - probably correct; Mid-eastern style, looks like German work; May be Dutch blade (sic) and Indonesian handle? (sic).”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.9, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 23.7
Catalog Number CAS 0389-1664   CAS 0389-1664; Knife
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Knife
Culture English, probably
Global Region Europe
Country England / Great Britain, probably
State/Prov./Dist. England, probably
County
Other Geographic Data City: London, probably
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1700s to early 1800s
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Metal: Steel; Iron; Antler; Silver
Description From BRL 1982: "Dinner knife, probably England, probably London. Blade: steel, welded to iron bolster (typical English). Handle: Extra fancy crown stag handle with head carved in crown. Silver ferrule. Late 18th to early 19th century. Compare to [CAS] 0389-2020."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.1, Thickness = 3.4, Length = 29.0
Catalog Number CAS 0389-1765   CAS 0389-1765; Knife
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Knife
Culture German
Global Region Europe
Country Germany
State/Prov./Dist. Nordrhein-Westfalen
County
Other Geographic Data City: Solingen
Maker's Name Friedrich Herder
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Metal: Steel; Wood (boxwood); Nickel silver
Description From BRL 1982: “Bread knife, Germany (Solingen); Nickel silver ferrule; Finely carved boxwood handle, geometric with coat of arms; Motto ‘LUCTOR ET EMERGO’; Lion on top, rattle inside; Blade marked ‘F. HERDER ABR. SOHN’ - firm, Friedrich Herder, established 1623; Piece ca. 1800.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.9, Thickness = 2.4, Length = 38.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1956   CAS 0389-1956; Knife
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Knife
Culture German, possibly
Global Region Europe
Country Germany, possibly
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1600s
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Metal: Iron; Ivory (elephant)
Description From BRL 1982: “Small table knife, possibly German (according to Bailey), style is 17th century (according to Bailey); Elephant ivory handle, probably turned on a compound lathe; Blunt end blade marked ‘E’; Good specimen if correct.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.5, Thickness = 1.4, Length = 17.0
Catalog Number CAS 0389-1963   CAS 0389-1963; Knife
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Knife
Culture German, probably, or Dutch
Global Region Europe
Country Germany, probably, or Netherlands
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture handle: 1600s; blade: ca. 1900
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Metal: Steel; Wood (boxwood?); Silver
Description From BRL 1982: “Knife, probably German or Dutch, 17th century; Blade is ca. 1900, probably German; Worn down bread knife blade; Remains of mark: ‘J/LFF’; Boxwood (?) (sic) handle and silver ferrule; Handle carved to represent mounted knight slaying a dragon with a spear.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.7, Thickness = 1.9, Length = 28.0
Catalog Number CAS 0389-1522   CAS 0389-1522; Knife
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Knife
Culture unknown
Global Region Europe
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture late 19th century
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Metal: Steel; Bone or ivory
Description From BRL 1982: "Dinner knife / late 19th century. Blade: Factory dinner knife blade, reshaped and artificially colored. Handle: possibly older, bone or ivory handle. Note: Made to look 16th century, probably done by a dealer to cheat collectors."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.4, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 20.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1635   CAS 0389-1635; Marrow spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Marrow spoon
Culture Italian
Global Region Europe
Country Italy
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Bone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.0, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 9.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1733   CAS 0389-1733; Marrow spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Marrow spoon
Culture unknown
Global Region Europe
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1844
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Bone: deer ulna
Description Spoon used for removing marrow from cooked bones, fashioned from a deer ulna from which one end has been removed, along with a longitudinal segment of the shaft; Shaft has then been hollowed out and all cut edges ground smooth; Remaining unmodified section of the shaft has been carved with series of parallel encircling lines and cross-hachure lines and the date (?) of 1844.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.7, Width = 2.4, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1634A,B   CAS 0389-1634A,B; Pocket apple corer
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Pocket apple corer
Culture Euro-American, probably
Global Region North America
Country USA, probably
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1850
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Ivory: sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tooth
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.7, Length = 13.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1444   CAS 0389-1444; Spice box
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Spice box
Culture Swiss (?)
Global Region Europe
Country Switzerland
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood; Metal nails
Description Open rectangular box whose front, ends, and base are carved from single piece of wood, back panel, 2 interior divider panels, and handle for mounting box on wall are added; End and back panels are carved on exterior with geometric patterns; Front panel is lightly carved with geometric and zoomorphic (birds) patterns.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 16.2, Width = 9.0, Length = 26.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1483   CAS 0389-1483; Spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Spoon
Culture European or Euro-American
Global Region Europe or North America
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.9, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 22.0
Catalog Number CAS 0389-1677   CAS 0389-1677; Spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Spoon
Culture Haida, Tlingit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Horn: mountain goat
Description Spoon fashioned from piece of mountain goat horn that has been cut and steamed to shape; Shallow and very wide bowl of spoon has gently rounded distal edge and is strongly curved upward toward its proximal end which tapers slightly and is squared off, before melding into a short, extended cylindrical handle that gradually tapers to a blunt point at the proximal end; Spoon is completely undecorated.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.6, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 16.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1996   CAS 0389-1996; Spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Spoon
Culture Norwegian
Global Region Europe
Country Norway
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description Carved wood spoon with etched and carved handle; Handle has openwork in its center; Handle is narrow at distal then broadens in center and narrows to a point at its proximal end.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 3.2, Width = 6.8, Length = 35.6

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1674   CAS 0389-1674; Spoon
Category Carvings; Culinary Items
Object Name Spoon
Culture unknown
Global Region Europe
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.0, Width = 3.9, Length = 26.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-0447   CAS 0389-0447; Food stamp (butter press mold)
Category Carvings; Culinary Items; Tools & Implements
Object Name Food stamp (butter press mold)
Culture Euro-American
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Southern US
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880-1890s
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description Small butter press mold (food stamp) carved from single piece of wood; Round disk has short knob-handle projecting from one side; Underside shows shallowly carved image of fern-like leaf and a quail-like bird (?).
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.8, Max Diam = 5.6

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1442   CAS 0389-1442; Kava bowl
Category Carvings; Culinary Items; Vessels
Object Name Kava bowl
Culture Polynesian: Samoan or Fijian
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa or Fiji
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description Deep round bowl carved in the shape of a turtle with ten legs and a hanging lug.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 17.5, Width = 50.0, Length = 76.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-0641   CAS 0389-0641; Bread cachet (food stamp)
Category Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Bread cachet (food stamp)
Culture Byzantine
Global Region Southwest Asia
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Near East
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 5th-7th century CE
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description Large wooden Byzantine bread cachet, likely used for stamping communion bread; Hand-carved from a single piece of wood; Stamp design divided into nine sections; The four “corner” (triangular) sections show a plant-like geometric design, representing palms; The three vertical center sections contain letter, notably "XC" and "IC" which stand for Chi or Christos for Christ; The two outer horizontal panels contain abstract Christian images, possibly representing the Holy Trinity and and an image of a church; The handle of the stamp is square and has a four-section design with the IC XC inscription for Christos again.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 3.2, Max Diam = 13.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-0633   CAS 0389-0633; Bread cachet (food stamp)
Category Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Bread cachet (food stamp)
Culture Jewish
Global Region Southwest Asia
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Eastern Mediterranean
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 6th-10th century CE
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 3.2, Thickness = 2.7, Max Diam = 6.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0389-1410   CAS 0389-1410; Bread cachet (food stamp)
Category Carvings; Tools & Implements
Object Name Bread cachet (food stamp)
Culture Roman
Global Region Europe
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 5th -7th century CE (Late Roman to Early Byzantine Empire)
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Wood
Description Roman food stamp constructed from a single piece of wood with writing carved into the stamping surface; Likely used to stamp bread rations issued to Roman troops (Roman bakers were required to stamp their bread in order to prevent fraud and theft of imperial supplies); Normally such stamps were made of bronze, thus the fact that this one wooden with crude, difficult to read writing indicates that it was likely from a very provincial bakery.
Dimensions (cm) Thickness = 4.0, Max Diam = 6.0
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