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Knife, curving round ended steel blade mounted onto handle with a silver-plated mount, the handle soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a long slightly bulbous cylinder curved over to one side at the end, the handle moulded along its length on both sides with a decoration of raised floral sprays; the handle left in the white and glazed.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34823
Creation/Production
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Date: 1750-1755
Acquisition
Gift, 28/2/1938
Given by Capt. Leonard Twiston Davies
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.5
Length
(cm): 27.6
Width
(cm): 2.5
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 10
Width
(in): 1
Techniques
hand-forged
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
steel
silver-plate
Location
Gallery 07A North
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