Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.171

Description

A knife with a slender pointed blade with a long flaring bolster engraved with scrolls. The handle is ivory carved to represent the head and wings of a bird, engraved and inlaid with red-stained ivory circles.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1550 - 1600

Time Period

16

Place

Country

Italy

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

The letter G and an arrowhead

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC171

Dimensions

Length

159 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 129