<img width="640" height="946" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTD_Salviati.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="OTD_Salviati" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTD_Salviati-203x300.jpg 203w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTD_Salviati-159x235.jpg 159w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTD_Salviati.jpg 693w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="20090" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTD_Salviati.jpg" data-orig-size="693,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="OTD_Salviati" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTD_Salviati-203x300.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OTD_Salviati.jpg" />“Death and life are in the power of the tongue,” warns a proverbial inscription on a knife blade imagined by Francesco Salviati. Knife handles further illustrate the tongue’s pleasures and perils, and these sensuous yet violent scenes seem to caution diners about to indulge. On one handle, a figure risks a snakebite to reach into...
