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Description: | Pair of knives with sheaths. One knife made of steel with handle of weed scales (one missing) held by copper rivets. The sheath is made of wood covered in black leather and with a globular chape. The knife and sheath are unrelated. The knife has clearly been excavated and the sheath is in good condition. The other knife with steel blade, the silver stamped handles are an adaptaion of the pistol grip with figures on both sides. The sheath is made of wood and pasteboard covered with shagreen and engraved silver throat and chape. The mark on the handle is "NP" and a dolphin. There is also a cutler's mark.
Technique: engraving (action)
Material: steel
Material: copper
Material: wood
Material: leather
knife & sheath made in England, Britain, Europe, (1922.858/4). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20289 | Go to resource |
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