Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.238

Description

Blade, much corroded, sharply tapering with a long bolster. Handle of iron cast in one with blade, with scales of horn, slightly flaring, of flattened oval section; deep domed iron bullet-shaped finial with a small spherical button on the top.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 1600

Time Period

17

Place

Region

Lowland?

Country

Scotland

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Letter S below a device like a coronet

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC238

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Overall 184mm; blade 99mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 28