Knife with Porcelain Handle
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Leaf-shaped gilded blade, plain bolster. Banded ferrule, white porcelain handle, rectangular in section with polychrome decoration of birds on branches and butterflies, surrounded by a decorative pattern in gold.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
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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: 1985-103-224
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, steel, porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18.8 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm (7 3/8 × 3/4 × 9/16 in.)