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History of Science Museum

Floorboard Finds: Penknife with Tortoiseshell Handle, 18th Century

Inventory Number 10179


Item type
Object
Provenance
Material found beneath floorboards in the upper part of the Museum during refurbishment work in 1999.
Inventory No
10179

Description

The knife is still very sharp, with a handle covered in typical eighteenth-century style with tortoiseshell laid over gold leaf. See also pencil sharpenings.