Penknife
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory, Tortoiseshell
Measurements
50 x 10 x 3 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547069
Summary
An ivory penknife with tortoiseshell blades. Exterior comprising of two pieces of shaped ivory, pinned at ends also hinged wide (blunt) blade and tortoiseshell hooked blade. Inscribed - 2/6 C (label on blade)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
2/6 C (label on blade)