Name/Title
Knives, wedding, pair with caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.51Description
51.01 and 51.02. Knives: Blades with almost parallel edge and back, and leaf-shaped points, integral with long, slender bolsters which have two rounded and two narrow flat sides. Handles continue this form, and are in sections of amber over foil, and iron; the caps have rounded ends, slightly projecting at the sides: the ferrous parts are decorated with damascening in gold and silver; the gold forms arabesque patterns within silver borders.
51.03. Case: A sheath with twin compartments, in contemporary tapestry woven with floral design in silk, cotton and silver thread.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Artist
Williamson, Lambert?Date made
1623Time Period
17Place
City
LondonCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeNotes
Company Connection: Williamson's mark was registered in 1607; However, the bunch of grapes was used as a mark by several craftsmen at the time (vide Cutlers' Company Minutes for efforts to restrict its use). Therefore positive identification of the maker is impossible.
Williamson was apprenticed in 1590 and became a freeman before 1603.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
A bunch of grapes and a dagger.
The date 1623 engraved on the bolster (illegible on one blade)Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC51Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knives: 186 mm each
Case: 190 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 24A
