Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0389-1973 | |
| Category | Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Knife | |
| Culture | German | |
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | Germany | |
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1700s | |
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Metal: Steel; Brass; Shell: nacre (mother-of-pearl); Horn; Bone; Latten (copper-zinc alloy), possibly | |
| Description | From BRL 1982: “Table knife; Cow horn handle, elaborately inlaid with brass, engraved mother of pearl, green-dyed bone, and a darker (? illegible) horn; Engraved brass or latten ferrules; Pictorial touchmark on knife.” | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.7, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 23.8 | |