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Culture:French
Title:knife
Date Made:ca. 1740
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: soft paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels; silver, base metal: steel
Place Made:France; St. Cloud (possibly)
Measurements:overall: 11 in x 1 in x 1 in; 27.94 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm
Accession Number:  HD 59.034.2
Credit Line:Museum purchase
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
One of a set of twelve French knives with a porcelain handle decorated in green, yellow, red, and brown on a white background with a Chinoiserie design of pagodas and foliage, silver mount, and steel blade. The green enamel is very fugitive and bleeds into the surrounding porcelain.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain

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