Folding Knife with Engraved Floral Decoration and Lion Cartouche
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade. Handle straight-sided, flaring towards the end. Engraved floral decoration with a lion in the cartouche on front and back. Diamond-shaped pattern along the sides. Blade folds into handle.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1985-103-246
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: folding knife
label: Type
content: folding knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (overall): 16.6 × 2.1 × 0.7 cm (6 9/16 × 13/16 × 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (folded): 8.6 × 3.1 × 0.7 cm (3 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in.)