Name/Title
Scrivener's knife and caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.89Description
89.01 knife: Blade short and sharply pointed, almost triangular, single edged. Handle tapering, of agate, octagonal in section, with deep silver ferrule, bordered at top and bottom by pairs of engraved leaves, the upper edge scalloped; the top of the tang originally fitted with a washer (missing).
89.02 Case: Of white shagreen on leather, tapering in shape, with a deep push-on lid; silver ferrules at the bottom of the lid and top of the case proper, the inner edge scalloped above a low moulding.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1650 - 1700Time Period
17Place
Country
EnglandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC89Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Knife: 120mm
Case (closed): 161 mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 49
