Knife
ca. 1740-ca. 1760 (made)
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Knife with flat porcelain handle decorated with regence shell motifs and ribbed mouldings. The blade is stamped with a cuttler's mark of a crowned hammer (?)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain with moulded decoration, silver ferrule and steel blade |
| Brief description | Knife with flat porcelain handle decorated with shell motifs and ribbed mouldings, possibly manufactured at Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, about 1740-1760 |
| Physical description | Knife with flat porcelain handle decorated with regence shell motifs and ribbed mouldings. The blade is stamped with a cuttler's mark of a crowned hammer (?) |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | Acquired as 'French' |
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| Accession number | 999-1902 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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