Knife with Silver and Tortoise-Shell Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Blade has straight upper edge, tapering towards the point. Drop bolster straight handle with flaring end. Tortoise-shell attached to wood core, decorated on front and back with tortoise shell, inlaid with silver. Scrolls, scallops acanthus leaves, a squirrel and a man in costume on one side; a bird and a nude figure on the reverse.
place: label: made in
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: 1985-103-107
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: steel, tortoise-shell, silver, wood
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 23.3 × 2 × 1.3 cm (9 3/16 × 13/16 × 1/2 in.)