Folding Cleaver
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cleaver with large blade with straight lower edge. Decorative upper edge rounded towards the lower edge. Steel ferrule has worn relief floral foliate pattern and an extension to which the blade is attached. Ribbed ivory handle, round in section. At end of handle, relief floral foliate pattern steel mount and finial. Blade folds towards the handle.
place: label: possibly made 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: 1985-103-145
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: cleaver
label: Type
content: cleaver
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel, ivory
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (open): 22.2 × 6.2 cm (8 3/4 × 2 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (folded): 12 × 8 × 2.4 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 15/16 in.)