Straight-sided, leaf-shaped blade. Horizontal bands on bolster, silver ferrule, octagonal in section. White pistol-shaped porcelain handle, octagonal in section. Multi-color Chinoiserie decoration with tiger, bamboo and flowers on one side, and flowers on the reverse side.
Credit: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
after 1730
Hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, silver
1985-103-189
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Permanent collection