Name/Title
Pair of knives with caseEntry/Object ID
0000.1.142Description
142.01 and 142.02 Knives: The blades with straight sides and leaf-shaped point. The hollow bolsters gilt and etched. The long bolsters gilt and encrusted with silver ornament. The flaring handles of aventurine glass, with rounded off ends and silver-gilt filigree finials.
142.03 Case: Of canvas embroidered with silks and metal thread in plaited stitch and eyelet holes (called caol string) with its original string and tassels as carried by ladies to banquets.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Artist
Jencks, John or JosephDate made
1630 - 1640Time Period
17Place
City
LondonCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
A thistle and a dagger.Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC142Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length: Both knives: 207mm
Case: 188mmExhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 240
