Name/Title
KnifeEntry/Object ID
0000.1.239Description
Leaf-shaped blade (lacking point), the back covered almost to the point with a narrow brass strip. Baluster-shaped bolster with traces of engraving and gilding. Tapering handle of rectangular section made of small plates of ivory and black horn (? jet) of varying thicknesses, separated by brass shims and threaded over the tang. At the top is an ivory finial carved as two female human bare heads. Etched on each face of the base of the blade is a shaped panel with a foliated pediment, containing hatched arabesques and, on one face, an inscription, all very defaced, but retaining traces of gilding. The inscription, so far as it is legible, reads: FORM G....... DOWI(N?)....Collection
Cutlery Collection, KnifeMade/Created
Date made
1575 - 1625Time Period
16Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On blade : etched the letters MGOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Cutlery Collection Record BookOther Number
CC239Exhibitions
Exhibition
Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of EatingNotes
Exhibition Catalogue Number: 22
