Sheath for a Cutlery Set
date: label: Date
content: 1555
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fruitwood sheath (b) with four curved sides, tapered, carved in relief with biblical scenes. Front shows the Creation, the Garden of Eden, the Resurrection, and Jonah (carved IONAS). Reverse shows Mary holding the infant Jesus, the Crucifixion, the Baptism of Jesus, and Jessie (carved IESSE). Each side with twisted border and six crowned figures. One side carved with initials W G W, reverse with the date 1555. Silver lip mount (a) with two open slots for instruments, one side with small ring attached. Engraved with foliage and twisted wire border. Sheath lacks the silver mount at tip.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1985-103-29-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: sheath
label: Type
content: sheath
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: fruitwood, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (overall): 15.6 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm (6 1/8 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (mount a): 3.1 × 2.5 cm (1 1/4 × 1 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (sheath b): 15.5 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm (6 1/8 in. × 1 in. × 7/8 in.)