Knife
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1600–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade with straight upper edge; globular bolster. Plain silver ferrule, round in section. Carved ivory handle, representing Zeus/Jupiter, holding a thunderbolt in one hand and a scepter in the other. In front of him stands an eagle, his wings spread around the legs of Zeus/Jupiter.
place: label: made in
content: possibly 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: 1985-103-176-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: ivory, silver, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 22.2 x 2.3 cm (8 3/4 x 7/8 in.)