Knife with Porcelain Handle
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Probably
content: Bow Porcelain Manufactory, English, active ca. 1744 – 1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade, sharply waisted bolster. Silver ferrule with scalloped edge. Pistol-shaped white porcelain handle decorated in relief with scrolls, acanthus leaves and flowers. Small cap on top of handle.
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: 1985-103-205
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; soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 26.7 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm (10 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 13/16 in.)