Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Blade has straight lower edge, upper edge tapering downwards to the point. Flat bolster, silver ferrule engraved with floral sprays. Ivory handle, oval in section, tapered towards blade, carved in relief with stylized lion and unicorn on plinth. (English royal supporters?)
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Manufacturer
- Herder
- Date
- ca. 1690
- Credit Line
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
- Medium
- ivory, steel, silver
- Dimensions
- L x W: 25.8 x 3 cm (10 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
- Type
- cutlery
- Decorative Arts
- Knife
