Knife sharpener
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1228898.7
Summary
One steel with bone handle, part of a collection of cutlery comprising, twenty forks (.1.1-20), five tablespoons (.2.1-5), two large metal spoons (.3.1-2), six knives (.4.1-6), one fork with bone handle (.5), one carving knife (.6), one steel with bone handle (.7), one carving fork with ivory handle (.8), eleven bone handled forks (.9.1-11), twelve bone handled knives (.10.1-12), thirty eight knives (.11.1-38), sixteen knives (.12.1-16), six assorted knives (.13.1-6), seventeen forks (.14.1-17), one carving knife (.15), seven carving forks (.16.1-7), one spoon measure (.17), two forks (.18.1-2), five forks (.19.1-5), seven spoons (.20.1-7).
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).