Knife with Crown Topped Handle
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapered straight-sided blade, plain bolster. Handle with fluted joint at blade, surmounted by gold band, raised quatre foil and circle bands arranged lengthwise, silver crown and gold facetted bands on dressed silver; end with hollow crown of eight bands, four beaded, topped with ball-shaped finial with fleur-de-lis in gold.
place: label: made in
content: probably Netherlands
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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: 1985-103-6
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, silver, gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 20.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm (8 in. × 7/8 in. × 13/16 in.)