Knife

Object/Artifact

-

Worshipful Company of Cutlers, London

Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.222

Description

Blade, slender and tapering to a point integral with a long bolster (point of blade missing). Handle formed of black wooden (? ebony) scales pinned to the tang with brass studs, and a turned brass finial in the form of a stylised poppy-head.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1550 - 1600

Time Period

16

Place

Country

England?

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

A saltire with spatulate terminals

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC222

Dimensions

Length

169 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 16