Knife, folding, pocket

Name/Title

Knife, folding, pocket

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.157

Description

Blade tapering, leaf-shaped and single-edged. Handle of wood in the form of a jack-boot, the sole of the boot brass, and protuding stand fitted with a brass, horizontally ribbed ferrule. The boot is pique with designs of circles and studs in brass and mother-of-pearl, forming the initials S U D and W D and the date 1792.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1792

Time Period

18

Place

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

None other than as above

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC157

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Overall 161mm; closed 89mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 91