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Knife, One of Set of Six

• Medium: Bronze, steel, gilding
• Geographical Locations:
  • Possible place made: Europe
  • Possible place made: USA
• Dates: ca. 1880
• Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. (21 x 1.6 x 1 cm)
• Markings: Impressed on side of blade near juncture with handle: 2 or 3 characters of an unknown script (Japanese?)
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 1997.66.10
• Credit Line: Purchased with funds bequeathed by Rose Katz in memory of Gabriel Gus Katz
• Image: Group, 1997.66.10_1997.66.11_1997.66.12_1997.66.13.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Knife, One of Set of Six, ca. 1880. Bronze, steel, gilding, 8 1/4 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. (21 x 1.6 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds bequeathed by Rose Katz in memory of Gabriel Gus Katz, 1997.66.10 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.66.10_1997.66.11_1997.66.12_1997.66.13.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Knife with steel blade and gilded bronze handle. Blade general rectangular shape, with a flare on the dull edge and a rounded end that comes to a point on the dull side. Straight, rectangular handle with squared end has identical decorations on both sides in Japanese-inspired style: underwater scene of a man diving through seaweed toward a sword on the ocean floor, he has a rope around his waist which is held by a figure on the shore. Condition: Fair; much of the gilding is lost; tarnish and spots of corrosion on blade.