Name/Title
KnifeEntry/Object ID
0000.1.186Description
Blade scimitar-shaped, tapering sharply from the back, with broad flat shoulders and a sharply waisted bolster. Handle of ivory, pistol-shaped with deep foliated silver ferrules and pique designs of silver wire, and tiny silver circles being arranged in lacy patterns around inset sickle moons in black composition; the finial is a leafy quatrefoil.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
circa 1770Time Period
18Place
City
SheffieldCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On blade: crowned SSOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC186Exhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 63
