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Blade straight-sided, upper edge curved towards the point. Plain ferrule, oval in section. Carved ivory handle: two women in costume standing in front of each other, one holding a sword and a scale (Justice), and showing one of her booted legs beneath her dress. The other woman is holding a cornucopia in one hand and a sheaf of corn (?) in the other, attributions of Abundance.

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

c. 1680-1700
Ivory, steel, silver
1985-103-165
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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