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Leaf-shaped blade, straight sided, plain bolster. Octagonal silver ferrule, flaring agate handle, octagonal in section, chamfered top.

Credit: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg...

c. 1700-1800
Steel, silver, agate
1985-103-120
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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