sheath
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1668
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapered metal sheath, flat on the back side, upper surface curved to create semi-oval. Back chased in floral scroll pattern, upper surface engraved and pierced in three panels. Upper male figure flanked by scrolls and turns. Centre grotesque figure, near bottom an embracing couple flanked by two figures. On top of back side crossed belt attachment. Inscribed: H S , 1668.
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: 1985-103-41-a
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: sheath
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel/ tinned copper?
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 30.2 x 4.7 x 5.5 cm (11 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)