Knife with Bell Form Handle
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapered pointed blade of triangular section; flat inner side, swaged outer side with additional facet. Shaped brass bolster continuous with handle, twisted ring, circular shaft, baluster section with bell-shaped cup at end.
place: label: probably made in
content: Italy
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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: 1985-103-13
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, brass
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 20.7 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm (8 1/8 in. × 1 in. × 15/16 in.)