Knife with Axe Shaped Blade and Dragon
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Charles Victor Gibert, French
label: Retailer
content: François Nicoud, French, active Paris ca. 1875-1890
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Axe-shaped blade with curved cutting edge, turning upwards at each end. Spine edge of curving form following curve of cutting edge. Blade surface decorated with engraved decoration of dragon breathing fire against a stippled ground within central reserve. Reverse of blade plain surface. Handle decorated with bark-like texture, terminating with bark cutting away to reveal interior faux wood concentric cicles. Large dragon applied grasping on to stem, with tail wrapping around and wings outspread.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Paris, 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: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1996-56-48
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
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm (7 1/16 × 1 13/16 × 1 3/4 in.)