Collection Highlights
Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
1807
1860.91
Charcoal with stumping, Cont
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Butter knives (12)
Object name
Butter knives (12)
Date
1913
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 5 7/8 x 1 x 1/8 in. ( 14.9 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm )
Description
Twelve silver butter knives with pointed handles with chamfered borders, threaded shield reserves on one side engraved, "S" in gothic script, with embossed laurel garlands around each and full midribs on the undersides; flat blade, curved on one side and scalloped on the other; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1942.110j.1-12
Marks
engraved: on the handle: "S" in gothic script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: Native-American bust conforming, "STERLING" in a scrolled cartouche
Gallery Label
This silver service was presented to William Sulzer (1863-1941), the former governor of New York State, by his Congressional District on his 50th birthday in 1913.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
