Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Mahogany case for three implements, irregular rectangular shape. Lid attached to bottom with two brass hinges and small hooks. Top of lid carved with scrolled acanthus leaves, in the shape of three "cartouches". Inside of case covered with silk, S-shaped scroll on the inside of case to hold the knife in place.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- ca. 1750
- Credit Line
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
- Medium
- mahogany, silk, brass
- Dimensions
- case open: L: 27 x W: 12.8 x D: 2cm
- case closed: L: 27 x W: 6.4 x D: 3.1cm
- Type
- cutlery
- Decorative Arts
- Case
