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Small knife with leaf-shaped blade. Upper rib on side with engraved scroll device, a gilded crest at bolster, reverse with gilded engraved fleur-de-lis. Handle decorated with volute scrolls, capital, and an octagonal column inlaid with coral dots, scroll capital. End of handle in the form of a winged figure; oriental male on front, grotesque female on reverse. Traces of gilding on handle.
- Credit: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
- Rights: CC0
Terms
Medium
Steel, gilding, agate
Genre
cutlery
Decorative Arts
Knife
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