Knife with Agate Handle
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Blade has straight lower edge, upper edge tapering towards the point, plain bolster. Long silver ferrule has engraved scalloped decoration along the rims, with bottom edge scalloped as well. Tapering agate handle, round in section, flower shaped metal mount on top of handle.
place: label: made in
content: England
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: 1985-103-115
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, silver, agate
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm (7 1/16 × 11/16 × 9/16 in.)