Folding pocket knife
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1695–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small blade has straight lower side, straight upper side tapering sharply towards the point. Ivory handle has curved shape, decorated on front and back with small silver floral appliques and inlaid brass dots. Steel on the side has decorative indentions. Blade folds into handle.
place: label: made in
content: France or England
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: 1985-103-169
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Folding pocket knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ivory, silver, steel, brass, enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)