I.PERRI

N.LAYNE

 

Name : clasp knife Blade type : type 1
Site name or provenance: Fort Michilimackinac Approx. date of site : 1715-1763
Approx. date of discovery : 1959-1969 Reference : Stone, Lyle M., Fort Michilimackinac, 1715-1781: An Archaeological
Perspective on the Revolutionary Frontier
, Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing,
1974. (page 265)
 

 

Markings :

Current collection : Fort Michilimacknac Collection

 

 

Name : clasp knife Blade type : type 1
Blade length (cm) : Blade width (cm) :
Blade thickness (mm) : Length from heel to pin (cm) :
Site name or provenance: Mackinac County, Michigan Approx. date of site : 1671-1760

French presence in Mackinac County spawned over 90 years from 1671 to 1760)

( Father Marquette established a Jesuit mission in 1671 in St. Ignace - In 1761 the French relinquished Fort Michilimackinac to the British who had assumed control of Canada as a result of their victory in the French and Indian War.)

Approx. date of discovery : 2003 Hallmark : No Hallmark

 

Markings :  (Could be the mark of Justin  Chapelon)

(-).I.PERRI

N.LAYNE

Questionable letters are placed in parentheses (a), and letters present but unidentified are designated by a dash (-).

Current collection : KG collection, Canada