These 120-year-old silver forks look more like medieval weapons than eating utensils.
They belong to the Baixela Manuelina, an elaborate Portuguese silverware collection commissioned in 1899 and designed by artist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro.
Inspired by medieval weaponry, maritime mythology, ropes, and sea creatures, the collection took five years to produce and consisted of more than 300 pieces.
They belong to the Baixela Manuelina, an elaborate Portuguese silverware collection commissioned in 1899 and designed by artist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro.
Inspired by medieval weaponry, maritime mythology, ropes, and sea creatures, the collection took five years to produce and consisted of more than 300 pieces.
