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Knife

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hunt & Roskell (maker)
John Samuel Hunt (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

Elizabethan pattern

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Knife
Materials and techniques
Silver haft, stamped with the Elizabethan pattern (an early example), steel blade
Silver
Steel
Stamping
Forging
Brief description
Silver handle, steel blade, London, ca.1850, made by Hunt and Roskell.
Physical description
Elizabethan pattern
Dimensions
  • Length: 27cm
  • Width: 2.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Haft: maker's mark ISH under a crown for John Samuel Hunt (used 1844-1855). Blade: stamped HUNT & ROSKELL under a crown
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.70-1966

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O95904/knife-john-samuel-hunt/
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