Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Leaf-shaped blade, silver-gilt. Angular bolster, banded ferrule. Irregular shaped white porcelain handle. On front and back a scene with a flirting couple in front of a tree. Blue scalloped pattern with red scrolls on top and end of handle.
place: label: Place
content: England
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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: 1985-103-220
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: silver, gold, porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 19.6 × 2 × 2 cm (7 11/16 × 13/16 × 13/16 in.)