Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.101

Description

Blade with straight back and edge, widening slightly towards the rounded part; a long bolster of oval section, encrusted in silver with conventional scroll-work, rosettes, cherub's head, and, on the back, the date 1594. Handle of wood (a later replacement) held by two transverse rivets, and shaped at the top as a cushion supported by a ball.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1594

Time Period

16

Place

City

London

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

None other than date and the dagger

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC101

Dimensions

Length

234 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 21