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leather case. Discovered behind a panel in the Blue Boar 
Inn, Salisbury; date, early part of the seventeenth century. 
Deposited by Mr . H . Cooper . 
It is probable that this set is a specimen of the Salisbury 
cutlery of the period. The custom of making presents of two 
knives in one sheath, or a knife and fork, was much in vogue at 
that time. They sometimes had posys attached; on one dated 
1602 is the following 
“Fortune doth give these pair of knives to you, 
To cut the thread of love if’t be not true.” 
And in the “ Witch of Edmonton,” 1658, “ But see the bridegroom 
and bride come; the new pair of Sheffield knives, fitted both to one 
sheath.” 
72*. A tortoise-shell case, containing a knife and ivory chop¬ 
sticks from China, deposited by Mr . Nightingale . 
The girdle knife and sheath is not exclusively an English or 
European fashion; from time immemorial the gentlemen of the 
Celestial Empire have had dangling at the side, sheaths charged 
with sharp pointed knives and well turned “ chop-sticks.” They 
are an interesting proof of the retention of a custom in the East 
long after it had become obselete among the nations of the West. 
73 to 77. Forks, each having two long prongs. Better examples 
are found in Mr. E. T. Stevens’s Case A A, Nos. 368 to 371. 
78 to 84. Knives of inferior make. 
85 to 91. Trade implements. 
92 to 95. Compasses. 
96 to 98. Trade implements. 
99 to 104. Hooks of various forms. 
105 to 110. Gimlets, chisel, &c. 
Ill to 118. Trade knives; several are marked with the letter W 
within a double square. 
119 to 121. Hammer heads. 
122. Ornamented boss. 
123 to 125. Scissors of late date. 
126 to 131. Small shears. 
See also Nos. 78 to 84, Case L L, Mr. E. T. Stevens’s 
collection. 
132 to 133. Hooks of embossed metal. These objects of personal 
use, to which leather pouches or straps were attached, were 
suspended from the girdle. 
134. Pair of shears of good workmanship. 
135. Small metal cross. 
136 to 141. The use of these miniature objects is not apparent. 
142 and 143. Snuffers. 
144 to 146. Objects of personal use. 
