Knife with Porcelain Handle
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade, engraved and gilded on both sides with a cartouche of eagle's head and initial "W." Plain bolster and brass (?) ferrule, both gilded. Tapering handle, round in section, of white milk glass with gold Chinoiserie design in gold. Figure with parasol in front of table with vase of flowers set in landscape, trees and pagoda/house.
place: label: manufactured 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: 1985-103-179
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: glass, steel, gold, brass
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 23.8 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm (9 3/8 × 13/16 × 13/16 in.)