Silversmith:
Unidentified
Handle maker:
Unknown
Cutler:
Unknown
Pressed horn powder, gold, silver, steel and fishskin; each knife with slender handle and silver or steel blade, in a green fishskin case
Pressed horn powder, gold, silver, steel and fishskin; each knife has a pressed horn powder handle in green flecked with red to resemble haematite, oval in section, broadening slightly towards the gold terminal cap, and with a gold ferrule. The slim blade has parallel sides tapering to a sharp point. Knife A has a blade of silver, and knife B has a blade of steel. The case is covered in fishskin dyed malachite green. It is approximately oval in section and tapers to a point. The lid is hinged with a press button clasp, and the interior is lined in red velvet.
History note: Not known before testator
Method of acquisition: Given (1836-07-27) by Whitehurst, Miss
18th Century, Late
Circa
1780
-
Circa
1800
Sheath
composed of
fishskin
Length 19.6 cm
Handle
composed of
pressed horn powder
Mounts
composed of
gold
Blade A
composed of
silver
Blade B
composed of
steel
Knife A
Length 18.6 cm
Knife B
Length 18.6 cm
Accession number: M.3A-C-1836
Primary reference Number: 167108
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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