Knife with Figural Carved Wood Handle
date: label: Date
content: Handle ca. 1710; blade ca. 1840
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Mortimer & Hunt
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Saber-shaped blade (replacement) with reeded socket. Turned and carved wooden handle depicts a female at balcony and a reverse nude female in bath. Both figures surmounted by draping swags. Carved handle terminal.
place: label: made in
content: Handle probably Germany
label: made in
content: Blade: 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: 1985-103-51
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: wood, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 19.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm (7 3/4 in. × 1 in. × 1 in.)