Penknife
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal and bone or ivory.
Measurements
76 mm (length); 10 mm (width)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662738
Summary
A penknife with two blades, one smaller than the other, and both blades having evidence of being sharpened. The blades are held by rivets and fold into the body of the object, which has cream coloured plates of bone or ivory riveted on both sides.