Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of a Pair)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Painter
content: Ferner Workshop, German, active 1720 - 1765
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Saber-shaped blade with drop bolster. Ferrule engraved with animals and flowers; ferrule and bolster both gilded. Porcelain handle tapering, round in section. Floral pattern in blue, red, green, yellow and purple on a white ground. Button cap on top of handle.
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: 1985-103-182
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: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm (8 1/4 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)