Knife with Jasperware Handle
date: label: Date
content: 1805–15
name: label: Maker
content: Wedgwood, English, established 1759
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Silver-gilt sabre-shaped handle with engraved scalloped decoration on the bolster. Banded ferrule, tapering jasper handle, oval in section. Light blue ground with raised design in white, in the centre a bow and arrow, a quiver filled with arrows, a flower wreath and an incense burner surrounded with ribbons, olive twigs and a bow. Beaded cresting along the sides, floral decoration at the top of handle, a metal cap in the centre.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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: 1985-103-209
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: jasperware, gold plated, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 21.9 × 2 × 1.6 cm (8 5/8 × 13/16 × 5/8 in.)