Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Nutpick
Object Number:
1911.64
Date:
1866-1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 13.3 x 1 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the blade: "E V R de P" in script
stamped: on the undeside of the blade: "W" in an oval held by a dragon and lion headed griffin, beides "STERLING/ 1945"
Description:
Cast silver nutpick with a flat arched hand with stamped circular decoration and a shell finial; twisted handle joint and a flat curved blade coming to a point at the end; blade engraved, "E V R de P" in script; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the blade.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
