Knife with Gryphon's Head Engraving
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scimitar-shaped blade, shaped bolster. Tapered plain silver cylindrical seamed handle with rounded end and raised button. Engraved with unidentified crest depicting a gryphon's head.
place: label: made in
content: probably Netherlands
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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: 1985-103-2
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: silver, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 19.6 × 2 × 1.8 cm (7 11/16 × 13/16 × 11/16 in.)