Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.164

Description

Blade leaf-shaped. Handle tapering, of flattened oblong section, the broader faces convex, in tortoiseshell; at the bottom, a narrow ring, and, at the top, a flat cap with a low button, all of silver: the tortoiseshell is decorated in silver pique with triangular imbricated designs with dependent foliated scroll-work, and rosettes.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1750

Time Period

18

Place

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

On blade: F. REX

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC164

Dimensions

Length

229 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 166