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Red Cornelian or Agate Knife Handle, from the Tradescant Collection, Early 17th Century

Inventory Number 65637


Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Ashmolean Museum in 2002 (accessioned in 2013). From the Tradescant Collection.
Physical material
Cornelian
Dimensions
Height: 45mm
Inventory No
65637

Description

'Cornelian handle, whose lower third is wanting. Oval in section, tapering towards the base, with a beak to one side of the top.'

From Tradescant's Rarities, ed. Arthur MacGregor, Oxford, 1983.