Moscow Kremlin Museums:

Сutlery

Spoons
Novgorod, the 1670s.
Gregory Novgorodets.
Silver, enamel, embossing.

Belonged to Patriarch Pitirim.
Spoon
Russia, Moscow, the Moscow Kremlin workshops, second half of the XVIIth century.
Gold, precious stones, embossing, enamel.

Belonged to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.
Fork
Russia, the XVIIth century.
Steel, agate, precious stone, casting, polishing
Fork
Russia, Solvychegodsk, the 1690s.
Maker M. Buravkin.

Steel, silver, embossing, enamel, filigree, gilding
Fork
Vyatka, the late XVIIth century.
Steel, silver, embossing, enamel, filigree, coining
Knife
Solvychegodsk, the late XVIIth century.
Silver, damask steel, enamel, filigree, forging
Knife
Solvychegodsk, the 1690s.
Makers the Popovs brothers.
Silver, damask steel, enamel, filigree, forging, gilding
Knife
Solvychegodsk, the 1690s.
Steel, silver, enamel, filigree, forging

Serving items of Old Rus included spoons, two-pronged forks and knives. Cutlery at the court was executed of precious materials; ordinary people used wooden utensils. Prior to the late XVIIth century, knives and forks were hard-to-get goods, given only to privileged guests on special occasions. Precious items served as kitchen utensils as well as table decorations. During the XVIth-XVIIth centuries handles of serving items were executed in various forms and decorated with gilding, carving, inscriptions, precious stones and enamels.