Traveling Cutlery Set with Antler Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780–1820
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Set consisting of: knife (a) with blade having straight top edge and cutting edge tapered to a point, mounted on curved bone handle with baluster ferrule and metal end. Tapered stitched leather sheath (b) with metal tip guard and reeded metal end collar to hold knife and two-pronged fork (c) with short neck and tapered pin. Sheath's tip guard fitted with screw pocket to accept fork pin and become fork's handle.
place: label: probably 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: 1985-103-1-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: traveling cutlery set
label: Type
content: traveling cutlery set
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: antler, steel, leather, silver plated, nickel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (knife (a)): 20.1 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm (7 15/16 × 1 3/8 × 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (sheath (b)): 10.9 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm (4 5/16 × 1 1/16 × 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (fork tines (c)): 8.6 × 1.2 × 0.1 cm (3 3/8 × 1/2 × 1/16 in.)