Collection Highlights
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Dessert knives (2)
Object name
Dessert knives (2)
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 )
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
Object Number
1939.220-221
Marks
stamped: on the handles: "B * G" in a rectangle, bust in a rectangle, lion passant in a rectangle, "F" in a rectangle
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
