Knife with Multi-Colored Enamel Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1600–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade, plain bolster. Tapered handle ground gold enamel with multi-colored floral decoration. On each side of handle a medallion; one with a nude woman holding a bird, the other a nude woman with two children holding flowers. Garnet or similar red stone on finial.
place: label: made in
content: possibly 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: 1985-103-68
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, enamel, semi-precious stone
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 12.7 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm (5 in. × 1/2 in. × 1/2 in.)