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 silver-gilt blade with straight edges. Angular bolster. Banded ferrule. White porcelain handle, irregularly shaped, with polychromed decoration; on front, a young woman sitting in front of a tree holding a flower wreath in one hand. On back, a young man running. Floral decoration at 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: 1985-103-222
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 plated; porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 19.5 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm (7 11/16 × 13/16 × 3/4 in.)