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One of twelve fruit knives. Rectangular blade with pointed tip, surface adorned with engraved scrolling and spiral foliage decoration on lower half. Reverse side of blade devoid of decoration. Banded gold plated ferrule leads to mother of pearl handle, decorated with carved diagonal fluting, slightly widenning to rounded terminal.
- By François Nicoud, French, active Paris ca. 1875-1890
- Credit: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds
- Rights: CC0
Terms
Medium
steel, gold plated, silver, mother of pearl
Genre
cutlery
Decorative Arts
knife
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