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Collections > Silver > Dirk and Scabbard, Knife and Fork

Dirk and Scabbard, Knife and Fork

Made in steel, horn, silver and cairngorms, with all the silver bands engraved with a meander of thistle heads and foliage, and into two of these bands fit a knife and a two-ponged fork, each with a simulated knot handle of pressed horn. Size: Overall length: 44.6 cm.

Place: Scotland

Object Type: dirk

Period: Victoria

Broad Date: Late Victorian

Actual Date: c.1875

Century: 19th century

Materials: Horn, Silver, Steel

Museum Accession Number: X.6182