Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Knife has straight upper edge, lower edge tapering towards the point. Flaring bolster, flat rectangular handle, slightly tapered. Engraved on both sides with human and animal faces, musical instruments, scrolls and a shield. Inscription on the sides, floral decoration at the top.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- ca. 1720–40
- Credit Line
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
- Medium
- Brass, steel
- Dimensions
- L x W: 17.9 x 1.9 cm (7 1/16 x 3/4 in.)
- Type
- cutlery
- Decorative Arts
- Knife
