Knife with Engraved Mythical and Biblical Figures
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1621
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Leaf-shaped blade, point broken of, later replacement. Tapered handle with flat sides, openwork scrolls at the top of handle. Engraved figural design: one side "SUSANNA" and a woman in costume, the other side "S.CATHARI" and a man in costume playing the lute. Engraved on handle: "Elisabet * Le * Brun * Sans Dieu Rien. Anno.1.6.2.2."
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands or Flanders
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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: 1985-103-76
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: 13.9 × 1.7 × 0.8 cm (5 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/16 in.)