Knife with Porcelain Handle
date: label: Date
content: Handle, Kangxi, 1622–1722; blade, ca. 1710
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sabre-shaped blade, silver ferrule with horizontal bands. Tapering porcelain handle, floral decoration in blue (underglaze), red and gold on a white ground. Silver button cap at the top of the handle.
place: label: made in
content: China (handle) , France (blade)
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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: 1985-103-225
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: Imari porcelain; silver, steel
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 27.6 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm (10 7/8 × 1 1/16 × 1 1/16 in.)