Agate-handled knife and fork, with sharkskin sheath
Saber-shaped blade, rounded bolster. Plain silver ferrule, faceted flaring handle, small metal pin on top of handle.
Credit: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
1675-1700
Steel, silver, agate
1985-103-109
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Permanent collection