Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle
One of twelve dessert knives. Rectangular blade with pointed tip, devoid of surface decoration. Banded gold plated ferrule leads to mother of pearl handle, decorated with carved diagonal fluting, slightly widenning to rounded terminal.
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ld1-1643399887910-1643399968765-0
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object
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normalized
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Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds
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CC0
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3
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import
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1996-56-60
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