Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert knives (2)
Object Number:
1939.220-221
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 8 1/8 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 20.6 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the handles: "B * G" in a rectangle, bust in a rectangle, lion passant in a rectangle, "F" in a rectangle
Description:
Pair of silver dessert knives with threaded handles, cast in vertical halves, molded handle sockets and flat, curved-end blades; maker's marks stamped on the blades.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
