Case
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1730
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sharkskin case for an implement. Silver cap at tapered end and silver mount around top opening have undulating borders engraved with floral pattern. Interior of case lined with soft, thin wood.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Netherlands
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: 1985-103-138-a
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: case
label: Type
content: case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: sharkskin, silver, wood
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (overall (case and cap)): 16.2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm (6 3/8 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (case only): 15.4 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm (6 1/16 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (detached cap only): 4.3 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm (1 11/16 × 9/16 × 1/2 in.)