Maker: Unknown
Steel, parcel-gilt and mother-of-pearl; steel blade and cast handle with eagle finial
Steel, parcel-gilt and mother-of-pearl; the knife has a steel blade with parallel sides and pointed tip; the upper edge of the blade and the sides near the bolster are chased and gilt. The cast steel handle is formed of a ball-shaped knop either side of a rectangle inset with two mother-of pearl panels, surmounted by an openwork baluster and an eagle-shaped finial. The baluster and eagle show traces of gilding.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 16.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#
Circa
1580
CE
-
Circa
1620
CE
Inset
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Decoration
composed of
gold
Blade
Traces
Accession number: MAR.M.141-1912
Primary reference Number: 167090
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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