Name/Title
KnifeEntry/Object ID
0000.1.237Description
Blade with a straight edge, and back tapering toward the point; bolster of engraved brass, and originally with a brass strip running down each side (one missing), the remaining one engraved with an inscription in black-letter in ? Arabic script \"WAY DAY ROSE\". Handle is a continuation of the blade, formed by wooden scales pinned to it; a large flat cap in brass, is engraved on one side with a stylised rosette, and on the other, with the head of St Catherine.Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1475 - 1550Time Period
15Place
Country
HollandContinent
EuropeNotes
Company Connection: Smith CollectionInscription/Signature/Marks
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC237Exhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 92
