knife

Object NameIron Knife

Made FromWood, Iron

Date1880-1920

Place MadeGermany

TechniqueDrawn, Coated

SizeOverall L: 26.5 cm; Blade W (max): 2.2 cm

Accession Number79.7.14 I

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionWood, iron; drawn, coated; single sharpened edge. Squared end just above the tang. End is tapered to a dull, rounded point. Rounded wooden handle, with a narrow "neck" and two finely incised cut lines around the lower end; probably lathe-made. Tang does not go into the handle all the way and protrudes almsot 2 cm, as if this is not the original handle.
Provenance

Source Gerhard Walther - 1979-09-21

Former Collection Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895)

Former Collection Rudolf Blaschka (1857-1939)