Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of a Pair)
date: label: Date
content: handle: 1662–1722; blade: early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Leaf-shaped blade with straight upper edge. Plain bolster. Tapering silver ferrule with traces of gilding. Tapering porcelain handle with rounded end. Floral decoration, with birds and decorative bands along the sides, top and bottom of the handle in black, green, yellow, red and blue. (Famille Verte) Small botton cap at the end of the handle.
place: label: made in
content: handle: China (Kangxi)
label: made in
content: blade: 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: 1985-103-216
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: porcelain, gold, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm (8 1/4 × 7/8 × 7/8 in.)