A Rare Early Victorian Irish Horn & Steel Table Knife; Clonmel Lunatic Asylum c.1840-60 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The pile often feels slightly

The pile often feels slightly hard because the water used by Tabriz rug dyers contains a lot of salt

he is a little reminiscent of Pinnochio

and elsewhere it is in good condition with the high quality mahogany of a good rich colour and the adjustable brass fitments and collar all present and in operational order

”A highly emotive and fascinating piece

A Rare Early Victorian Irish Horn & Steel Table Knife; Clonmel Lunatic Asylum c.1840-60 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The pile often feels slightlyOrigin: Irish Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Clonmel Lunatic Asylum, County Tipperary, Ireland. Date: c. 1840 60 Length: 10. 25 Width: 1 The very scarce early Victorian knife being beautifully horn shafted, probably a table knife, the blade stamped 'Clonmel Asylum' with short cutting edge, the whole surviving from the second quarter of the nineteenth century and County Tipperary, Ireland. The knife is in very good condition with patination