Knife

Description

An iron knife with a wooden handle which is decorated on both edges and on the top with brass mounts.

Object data

Accession number

HCA 632

Date made

14th (late) or 15th century

Materials

Metal; Iron; Copper Alloy; Brass

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Archival information

File of material relating to an iron knife. Includes two photocopies of object description sheet which include sketch of object (date unspecified); Hunt Museum object comment sheet (25 April 1996) gives remarks made by John Cherry, British Museum, about object. Cherry remarks that this object might go with two plaques which comprise object with registration number MG 072. Suggests, 'would have been attached to knife with flat sided handle such as this knife has.'

Place of collection

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Knife | Metal,Iron, Metal,Copper Alloy,Brass | 14th (late) or 15th century | The Hunt Collection | PD

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