Not currently on display at the V&A

Knife

dated 1705 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Clasp knife with a handle with tortoise-shell scales encrusted with stamped silver and brass and steel side. Mark: F. Chiselled inscription down the side: LAKOBIE ESSER GHARDEROBE AO 1705


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tortoise-shell scales encrusted with stamped silver and brass and steel
Brief description
Knife with a handle with tortoise-shell scales encrusted with stamped silver and brass and steel side. Mark: F. Chiselled inscription down the side: LAKOBIE ESSER GHARDEROBE AO 1705, France, dated 1705
Physical description
Clasp knife with a handle with tortoise-shell scales encrusted with stamped silver and brass and steel side. Mark: F. Chiselled inscription down the side: LAKOBIE ESSER GHARDEROBE AO 1705
Dimensions
  • Open. length: 8.62in
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mark: F
  • 'LAKOBIE ESSER GHARDEROBE AO 1705' (Chiselled inscription down the side:)
Collection
Accession number
M.44-1938

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Record createdApril 18, 2005
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