Knife
date: label: date made
content: 1740 - 1760
notes: label: Description
content: Silver pistol-grip knife with curved blunt steel blade; engraved armorial device on hollow handle depicts crest of a mermaid or siren with flowing hair and textured skin in profile proper erased on a ducal coronet and wreath. Blade front has three incuse stamps, all partial, oriented along spine and facing handle: a dagger or trident, an imperial crown and "[BI]RD" in serif letters. From a set of 12 knives and 12 forks stored in original shagreen-covered case, 1978.2424.01-.025.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cornelia B. Peterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.2424.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.2424
label: catalog number
content: 1978.2424.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 27.305 cm x 2.8575 cm