Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0389-1707 | |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Folding knife | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | France or possibly Italy | |
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| Maker's Name | Bechon Gorgi | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1800s, probably | |
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Metal: Steel; Wood; Iron | |
| Description | Steel and wood folding knife, steel blade with nail mark on one side with smith mark and name "Bechon Gorgi"; Wood handle has three metal rivets holding it together with two silver sunbursts decorations on one side of wooden handle with a silver individual between them; From BRL 1982: “Folding knife, France or possibly Italy; Wood handle with applied plated iron decoration of a man (a hunter?) (sic) and two flowers or sun bursts; Iron liners; Shear steel spring and blade; Touchmark of an object on a tripod (camera?) (sic) and at least two words (indistinct) (sic) BECHON... GORC... (sic); Probably mid 19th century.” | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.3, Thickness = 1.9, Length = 20.6 (open) | |