Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Butter knives (2)
Object Number:
1937.197ab
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 7 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in. ( 18.7 x 3.2 x 1 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on one handle: "LS/ LPS/ JDW" in script
stamped: on the blades: three pseudohallmarks, "C", lion passant, bust all in rectangles
Description:
Pair of silver butter knives with threaded ovoid handles, cast in to vertical halves, with molded handle sockets and flat curved blades; on handle engraved, "LS/ LPS/ JDW" in script; maker's marks stamped on the blades.
Gallery Label:
These butter knives descended through Jonathan Dayton Williamson and Louise Schermerhorn.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
