Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Butter knife
Object Number:
1942.671
Date:
ca. 1893
Medium:
Silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 19 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "PAT. 1893 ROGERS & HAMILTON"
Description:
Silver plated butter knife with an upturned, triple-swell, wavy-end handle decorated with a shell; blade rounded and edgded on one side and comes to a point where they meet the opposite, scalloped edge; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
