Knife with Porcelain Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1744
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade, plain bolster. Banded silver ferrule with scalloped edge. Pistol-shaped white porcelain handle with dark blue floral and scrolled decoration.
place: label: Place
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: 1985-103-228
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, silver, soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 27.5 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm (10 13/16 × 1 1/4 × 15/16 in.)