Knife with Porcelain Handle
date: label: Date
content: 18th–19th century
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766
label: Manufacturer
content: Friedr. Herder Abr. Sohn
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade (reblade) with plain bolster. Banded ferrule, round in section. Pistol-shaped porcelain handle, blue floral design on a white ground.
place: label: Place
content: France
label: Place
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1985-103-201
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Type
content: knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 24.9 × 3 × 1.9 cm (9 13/16 × 1 3/16 × 3/4 in.)