Knife from an Ivory Cutlery Set
date: label: Date
content: 1680–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Knife with blade with straight lower edge, upper edge curving towards the point. Concave bolster, pistol-shaped ivory handle carved with beaded cresting on upper side of handle. Facets and scale ornaments on the sides. Upper blade edge has six small scalloped indentations.
place: label: made in
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: 1985-103-148
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, ivory
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18.4 × 1.6 × 1 cm (7 1/4 × 5/8 × 3/8 in.)