Newcastle, The Close, Mansion House, carving knife and fork

HER Number:
6583

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, The Close, Mansion House, carving knife and fork

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Tools and Equipment

Site Type: Broad:
Cutting Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Knife

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17-C18

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A carving knife and fork from the Mansion House, with buckhorn handles terminating in heads of seahorses was found in circa 1905. The knife was 20.25 inches long and the fork 14.5 inches long.

Easting:
2496

Northing:
6366

Grid Reference:
NZ24966366

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 3, Vol I (1905), p 138.