Period:Unknown
Materials:metal, ivory,
Technique:
Description:
Penknife, knife made of metal, ivory.
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Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 664 “664. A Chinese penknife. Alex r. Brown hexagonal ivory handle. Engraved & filled in with black which serves as a case for the sliding blade. L. 7 3/4”
Materials:metal, ivory,
Technique:
Description:
Penknife, knife made of metal, ivory.
IMG
Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 664 “664. A Chinese penknife. Alex r. Brown hexagonal ivory handle. Engraved & filled in with black which serves as a case for the sliding blade. L. 7 3/4”
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