Chrysanthemum Pattern Fish Knife
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1880
name: label: Designer
content: Charles T. Grosjean, American, d. 1888
label: Manufacturer
content: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elongated scimitar-shaped blade with narrow point. Waisted ferrule, connecting to silver handle of curving, ungulating shape, covered in a pattern of overlapping foliate scrolls and chrysanthemum buds, with engraved "B" in the central reserve. Rounded terminal, topped with chrysanthemum flower. Reverse side densley decorated with overlapping foliate scrolls and chrysanthemum buds. Side edges plain polished surface.
place: label: made in
content: New York, USA
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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: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-61-47
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: 19.3 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm (7 5/8 × 7/8 × 9/16 in.)