Knife
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Blade has straight upper edge, lower edge tapering towards the point. Blade is etched with floral pattern on front and back; plain bolster. Silver ferrule, round insection, decorated with floral pattern (stamped?). Carved ivory handle: a man in costume with hat, playing a bagpipe. Attached to his belt a dagger, in sheath a knife in sheath and a horn.
place: label: possibly made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1985-103-173
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ivory, silver, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 18.7 x 2 cm (7 3/8 x 13/16 in.)