Fruit knife

ca. 1690

Not on view

With their octagonally-shaped wooden handles covered by mother-of-pearl scales engraved with scrolling foliage, these implements are referred to as “Habaner” work, a term used for art made by descendants of refugees who had settled in Hungary during the sixteenth century fleeing from religious persecution in the Austrian province of Tyrol.

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Title: Fruit knife
Date: ca. 1690
Culture: Hungarian
Medium: Steel, bronze, mother-of-pearl over wood, brass
Dimensions: Length: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Steel
Credit Line: Gift of R. Stuyvesant, 1891
Object Number: 91.16.69
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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