Folding Knife with Damascened Floral Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700
name: label: Maker
content: FGS
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Leaf-shaped blade, flat pistol-shaped handle decorated with stylized floral silver damascening with gold flowers and cupid with bow and arrow. Blade folds into handle, brass rivets on handle.
place: label: made in
content: possibly Carlsbad, Germany
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1985-103-249
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: folding knife
label: Type
content: folding knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, gold, brass
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (overall): 17.1 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm (6 3/4 × 11/16 × 5/16 in.)