Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pocket knife
Object name
Pocket knife
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
overall when open: 5 5/8 x 5/8 x 1/4 in. ( 14.3 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description
Cast silver pocket knife with a double-swell fiddle handle with a Classical female bust in medallions on each side, foliate and geometric decoration; handle engraved, "M. D. to E. M." in script; flat pointed blade with one sharp edge and foliate scroll engraving, folds into the handle; no maker's marks.
Credit Line
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number
1944.54
Marks
engraved: on the handle: "M. D. to E. M." in script
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
