Knife, two bladed, pocket, folding

Name/Title

Knife, two bladed, pocket, folding

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.170

Description

A two bladed folding pocket-knife with a handle of carved boxwood in the form of a peasant woman in a full-skirted dress with ruched skirt and leg-of-mutton sleeves and her hair drawn back into a scroll on either side. There is a steel ferrule where the blade pivots. The blades are both broad and cut back into a triangular shape.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1800 - 1900

Time Period

19

Place

Region

Scandinavia

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

On both blades: a double-bladed hatchet and a halberd

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC170

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Open 162mm; closed 95mm