Name/Title
Scrivener's knifeEntry/Object ID
0000.1.68Description
Blade short and tapering, with a deep swage and broad rhomboid bolster. Handle flaring in shape, hexagonal in section, of ivory stained green, with rounded-off ends and a point for splitting quills.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Artist
Read of Henry Dukes, Trinity Street, Sheffield.Date made
1760 - 1800Time Period
18Place
City
SheffieldCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC68Exhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 88
