Traveling Knife with Ivory Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1798–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Straight-sided blade, upper edge tapering towards the point, drop bolster and plain silver ferrule. Pistol-shaped handle of carved ivory with beaded cresting on top of handle and halfway on one side. End of handle carved on front and back with snail-shell and drop-shaped ornaments.
place: label: made in
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: 1985-103-197
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: ivory, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18.4 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm (7 1/4 × 11/16 × 7/16 in.)