Paper Knife
c. 1860 ?
Maker Unknown
Decorative Art and Design
Paper Knife, c. 1860 ?. Russia, Saint Petersburg, 19th century. Blade: agate; collar: transparent yellow enamel on an engine-turned ground mounted in gold set with diamonds, and the ovoid finial of two pieces of rock crystal carved on flat surfaces; diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.486
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- blade: agate; collar: transparent yellow enamel on an engine-turned ground mounted in gold set with diamonds, and the ovoid finial of two pieces of rock crystal carved on flat surfaces
- Medium
- blade, agate, collar, transparent, yellow, enamel, engine-turned, ground, mounted, gold, set, diamonds, ovoid, finial, pieces, rock, crystal, carved, flat, surfaces
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1966.486
- Credit Line
- The India Early Minshall Collection
- Exhibitions
- The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries, Year in Review: 1967
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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