Quill Pen cutter

Name/Title

Quill Pen cutter

Entry/Object ID

0000.1.257

Description

Handle of slightly tapering wood (rosewood?), rectangular in section; screwed to one end is a brass and steel nib shaper, operated by a flat, hinged lever; at the other end are:- a spring cutter, operated by a press-button, for the end of the nib; an opening, through which a small, single-edged sliding angle-blade contained in the body, can be made to protrude, by pushing a steel button along a slit (this blade is for slitting nibs).

Collection

Cutlery Collection, Misc

Made/Created

Artist

Joseph Rodgers & Sons

Date made

circa 1850

Time Period

19

Place

City

Sheffield

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

On lever RODGERS CUTLERS TO HER MAJESTY On blade RODGERS with asterisk and cross marks

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Cutlery Collection Record Book

Other Number

CC257

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: Body 101mm; blade: 34mm