Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of a Pair)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1740
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade with drop bolster. Plain silver ferrule with horizontal band. Pistol-shaped white porcelain handle, octagonal in section. Floral design in green, blue and brown-red. Silver button cap at the top of the handle.
place: label: Place
content: France
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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: 1985-103-236
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: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm (8 1/4 × 7/8 × 11/16 in.)