Not currently on display at the V&A

Knife Handle

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Knife handle, porcelain painted in underglaze blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Knife handle, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, possibly manufactured at Tournai porcelain factory, or Arras porcelain factory, France, about 1775
Physical description
Knife handle, porcelain painted in underglaze blue.
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Production
Acquired as Arras; relabelled as perhaps Arras, 1770-90 and then as Tournai or Arras c. 1775
Collection
Accession number
1378-1902

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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