Knife
- Description
- Silver pistol-grip knife with curved blunt steel blade; engraved armorial device on hollow handle depicts crest of 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.
- date made
- 1740 - 1760
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- silver (handle material)
- steel (blade material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 27.305 cm x 2.8575 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.2424.01
- accession number
- 1978.2424
- catalog number
- 1978.2424.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cornelia B. Peterson
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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