Letter opener
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone or ivory
Measurements
11 mm (Width); 165 mm (Length)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936601
Summary
Bone/ivory letter opener with tapering, rounded ends and rivets in the middle.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
E. Havell (signed in pencil steeply diagonally, bottom left corner); 1847 no. 10 (handwritten in pencil bottom right corner diagonally upwards to the right)