Knife (USA), ca. 1880 (CH 18654139)
Summary
Knife in the form of a Japanese sword; handle with mottled surface, one side decorated with scene of a cat and a peony (?) with butterfly; other side depicts a hawk and other birds. Flat, curved blade engraved with stylized foliate decoration. Some guilding.
Tags
Date
1880 - 1889
Source
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain