Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of Four)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1735–1740
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Blade has slightly bent upper edge, lower edge tapering towards the point. Drop bolster, plain silver ferrule with horizontal band. Tapering, octagonal white porcelain handle decorated with kakiemon design in yellow, blue and green (underglaze) and brown-red (overglaze). Top of handle rounded, silver cap.
place: label: Place
content: France
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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: 1985-103-230
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: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 24.9 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm (9 13/16 × 7/8 × 13/16 in.)