Accession No
TEMP.01898.1-2
Description
Knife with a pointed iron blade and an octagonal handle of horn, kept in a leather sheath lined with paper and decorated with stamped lines. Knife heavily corroded, sheath shows strong signs of use.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; ?Cambridgeshire; ?Cambridge; ?Trinity College
Period
Post Medieval
Source
White, William [collector]; Cambridge Antiquarian Society [?monetary donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01898.1-2; 1893.292
Cultural Affliation
Material
Iron; Metal; Leather (tanned); Paper; Horn
Local Term
Measurements
206mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label affixed to the back of the spoon: 'Wm White, Coll., C. Ant. Soc. 1893, 292.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
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)
Knife with a pointed iron blade and an octagonal handle of horn, kept in a leather sheath lined with paper and decorated with stamped lines. Knife heavily corroded, sheath shows strong signs of use.
Event Date 07/11/2023
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Analysis)
The label might link to an article by William White in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 8 (3), pp. 292-300 titled 'On objects of antiquarian interest dug up in Trinity College' which was published in 1895. As this cannot be proven with certainty, the 'places' field left the connection to Trinity College vague.
Event Date 6/11/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:299076
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