Knife with Porcelain Handle (with Fork and Spoon)
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Gilded sabre-shaped blade, bolster decorated with scrolls in relief. Ribbed ferrule, round in section. Tapering white porcelain handle with multi-color decoration of flowers, birds and two scenes: on the front side, two men looking out over a harbor. On the back a lady with a fan standing outside next to a rosebush; landscape with trees. Gilded, scrolled decoration around scenes, along the sides, and on the top of handle.
place: label: possibly manufactured in
content: Dresden, Germany
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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: 1985-103-188
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: silver, gold, porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 22.9 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm (9 in. × 1 in. × 13/16 in.)