Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.249

Description

Handle with horn scales and a brass cap engraved with a saint, flowers and animals. Strip of brass down length with inscription in the medieval period script called \"black letter\".The cap engraved one side with a rabbit and on the other with St. Barbara and her tower.

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Knife

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1475 - 1525

Time Period

15

Place

Country

Holland

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Two marks. both consisting of a V over a dot. One mark at the top of the blade and the other much lower down.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC249

Dimensions

Length

154 mm

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Masterpieces of Cutlery and the Art of Eating

Notes

Exhibition Catalogue Number: 93