Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1730
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Leaf-shaped blade, almost straight edges, plain bolster. Silver ferrule with horizontal bands. Tapering white porcelain handle with dark blue floral and scrolled decoration. Silver button cap at the top of the handle.
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: 1985-103-234
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: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, silver, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 24.6 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm (9 11/16 × 7/8 × 15/16 in.)