Collection Highlights
Ice cream dish
1877-1878
1980.14
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Butter knives (2)
Object name
Butter knives (2)
Date
ca. 1840-1850
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 7 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 19.4 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description
Pair of silver butter knives with upturned threaded fiddle handles with midribs on both sides; handles engraved, "LS" in script on the fronts, and "RS" in script and "ECS" on the undersides; flared shoulders and flat curved blades; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the stems.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number
1937.199-200
Marks
engraved: on the front of the handles: "LS" in script
engraved: on the undersides of the handles: "RS" in script and "ECG" in script
Marked: "G BOYCE" in rectangle
Gallery Label
These butter knives descended through Jonathan Dayton Williamson and Louise Schermerhorn to the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
