1 gen 1692 anni - case blade

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A case in which to keep or display knives. In the early history of the cutlery trade knives were personal possessions carried in a sheath but when the use of forks became popular there was a move towards the production of household cutlery: 1598 <i>for a case of knyves and a kerving knyfe, xiii vj s</i> (HPP37). ‘Case knives’ began to feature in cutlers’ inventories from the 1690s (FBH105) and when George Bullas died in 1692 his possessions included <i>ground case blades … and more case blades unground</i> (FBH109). Previously it had been the policy of the Cutlers’ Company to influence people with whom they were in negotiation by making them gifts of knives in cases: 1625 <i>To John Rawson for a Case of Knives and Tenn fine single knives</i> (HCC30); 1683 <i>For a case of knives and a knife and fork to present Mr Trewman, Hearth Collector … for his civilities to the towne</i> (FBH139).

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