Knife
date: label: Date
content: late 16th–mid-17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Leaf-shaped blade tapering towards the point. Decorative indentions on the upper edge. Blade engraved with scrolled pattern, gilded near bolster. Waisted bolster with stylized leaves and beaded horizontal band. Handle with niello scrolled pattern at back and front. Finial of volute capital, dark blue enamel, surmounted by rose enamel gadrooned urn and rozette at green enamel.
place: label: made in
content: France or Italy
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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: 1985-103-44
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Steel, niello, brass, enamel, emerald, gilding
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 26.7 x 2.4 cm (10 1/2 x 15/16 in.)