Name/Title
KnifeEntry/Object ID
0000.1.113Description
Blade made of iron in one with the handle, tapering with a straight edge, and back edge curving down to form the point. Handle tapering, of flattened rectangular section widening at the top into a flattened, shaped feature, lobed on one side, and with a small button. The whole surface is engraved with decoration, now much defaced, which includes, on the broader faces of the handle, double volutes above classical trophies and candelabrum ornament (?), and on its narrower faces, reeding and bands of guilloche ornament, and scoll-work on the blade.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1500 - 1550Time Period
16Place
Country
ItalyContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC113Exhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 97
