Knife
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scimitar-shaped blade, curved cutting edge upturned tip. Baluster neck, silver ferrule with engraved border. Ivory handle carved in deep relief with entwined hunting dogs and prey: stag, boar, rabbit. Button cap at end of handle.
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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: 1985-103-158
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, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 21.5 x 3 cm (8 7/16 x 1 3/16 in.)