Tudor Period Iron Knife Display

CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.

5 3/4 - 16 3/4 in. (633 grams total, knife: 14.5-42.5 cm).

Comprising: a single-edged peasant iron dagger with reconstructed wooden handle; a Tudor iron knife with scale tang handle and a decorative pommel; an early type of iron fork (pricker) with reconstructed wooden handle. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Footnotes

Knives with long wide blades would have been used at table for carving meat, but in difficult times they could be a proper weapon in the hand of common people. The practice to carrying knives for everyday use continued for many centuries.

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