Knife
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1580
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Straight-sided blade, the upper edge tapering downwards to the point. Decorative indentions on the upper edge. Plain bolster, handle square in section, flaring towards the end, cumulating in a stylized bird's head. Tang continues with scrolled edge, fitted with mother-of-pearl scales with three rivets, top of handle has horn scales. Two large brass buttons on each side.
place: label: made in
content: France or Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1985-103-46
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Knife
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mother-of-pearl, brass, horn, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 21.4 x 1.8 cm (8 7/16 x 11/16 in.)