drawing;
album
- Museum number
- 1917,0609.3
- Description
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Design for a knife with richly ornamented handle, including among other ornaments, the Royal Crown of England and the Prince of Wales's feathers encircled by a coronet.
Pen and brown ink
Verso: a diagram with interlaced letters and the remains of an inscription
Pen and brown ink
- Production date
- 17thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 220 millimetres
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Width: 30 millimetres (irregular)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From album 1917,0609.1-20.
The Prince of Wales feathers must refer either to Henry, or to his brother Charles who succeded him in that title in 1612.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1917
- Acquisition notes
- One of 20 ornamental drawings for goldsmith's and jeweller's work removed from an old album, acquired from Mr Jones in exchange for duplicates.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1917,0609.3
