Knife
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1680
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Blade straight-sided, the upper edge tapering towards the point. The blade engraved with acanthus foliage and flowers. Handle enameled, a medallion on each side of the handle: one showing Apollo, the other one of the Virtues, (Constancy?). Handle has flaring shape with a projecting ear on one side, silver engraved with two crossed swords.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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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: 1985-103-63-b
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, enamel, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 12.5 x 1.7 cm (4 15/16 x 11/16 in.)