Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1765
name: label: Possibly
content: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Large sabre-shaped blade with plain bolster. Silver ferrule with scalloped edge and horizontal bands. Pistol-shaped porcelain handle, blue floral decoration on a white background.
place: label: Place
content: England
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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: 1985-103-192
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; porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 29.3 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm (11 9/16 × 1 5/16 × 7/8 in.)