Object Details
- Description
- Pistol-grip handled knife with blunt, curved and tapered blade; engraved crest on handle front or mark side depicts 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.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1740 - 1760
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cornelia B. Peterson
- Physical Description
- silver (handle material)
- steel (blade material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 10 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 27.6225 cm x 2.8575 cm
- Object Name
- knife
