Musées de Langres – Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot – Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

Langres cutlery goes back to the 15th century and reached its golden age in the 18th century, at a time when tableware underwent rapid change. The pieces in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire exhibit the variety of materials used to manufacture cutlery knives and their many uses.

The knife has a handle inlaid with mother-of-pearl and a folding blade at each end, one steel and one silver. The precious metal made it possible to slice through pieces of fruit without their acids damaging the blade. The knife is stamped “au bâton royal”, the motto of the Béligné family.