Context (Display)
Object mounted on plain paper-wrapped display board, mounted with metal pins, together with TEMP.01875.1-2.4. This form of mounting possibly indicates the item was on display in Peterhouse before the museum moved to its current site on Downing Street. Hand-written label on display board reading in black ink: 'IRON KNIFE. THE BLADE & HANDLE IN ONE PIECE. THE HANDLE IS ENGRAVED. MARK [depiction of mark]. ITALIAN XVI Centy'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with straight spine, pointed tip and maker's mark close to heel. The handle is engraved with floral motifs separated by straight parallel lines, the butt is in the shape of a shield with a small knob on top.
Event Date 07/11/2023
Author: Lucie Carreau