Penknife
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Ivory, Silver
Measurements
92 x 15 x 6 mm
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547106
Summary
An ivory and bone penknife. Single bone blade hinged inside ivory case. One side of case inalid with silver pin head pique decoration, depicting stylized flower between diamond configurations. Inscribed - Knife ivory 15/- D (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
Knife ivory 15/- D (on blade)