Persian Pattern Ice Cream Knife
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1872–1904
name: label: Designer
content: Edward C. Moore (1827-1891)
label: Manufacturer
content: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Asymmetrical wide and flat blade in teardrop-shape, with one point on cutting egde, and five ogee concave lobes forming ridge on spine side. The blade and neck gold plated. Neck formed of two convex lobes in spade-like shape, connecting to tapering start of stem. Stem widening to diamond shaped terminal, ending in thistle flower at point. Stem decorated on both obverse and reverse sides with interlacing tendrils forming diamond-shaped latticework design, interspersed with buds and flowers, set upon a stippled ground. Monogram 'JAD' engraved in central trefoil-shaped reserve on terminal.
place: label: manufactured in
content: New York, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-100-13
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: gold plated, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 30 × 7.5 × 5 cm (11 13/16 × 2 15/16 × 1 15/16 in.)