Knife
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1690
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Herder
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Blade has straight lower edge, upper edge tapering downwards to the point. Flat bolster, silver ferrule engraved with floral sprays. Ivory handle, oval in section, tapered towards blade, carved in relief with stylized lion and unicorn on plinth. (English royal supporters?)
place: label: made in
content: Germany / 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: 1985-103-156
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ivory, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 25.8 x 3 cm (10 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)