Knife with Scimitar-Shaped Blade from a Cutlery Set
date: label: Date
content: 1650–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Knife with long scimitar-shaped blade, drop bolster, and short baluster neck. Tapered wooden handle of oval section with beaked end. Handle divided laterally by bands of laminated red-brown horn, silver, and brass. Handle piqué and inlaid with rozettes and dots of different metals. Rozette on flat end.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Germany
label: possibly made in
content: Austria
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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: 1985-103-38
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, wood, horn, silver, brass
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 19.1 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm (7 1/2 × 11/16 × 9/16 in.)