Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Child's knife
Object name
Child's knife
Date
ca. 1847
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/2 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. ( 16.5 x 1.6 x 1 cm )
Description
silver child's knife with a threaded handle, cast in vertical halves, with the engraved initals, "ABC" in script on the front; molded handle socket fitted with a flat, curved blade; makers' marks stamped on the blade.
Credit Line
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number
1939.114
Marks
engraved: on the handle: "ABC" in script
stamped: on the blade: "BALL TOMPKINS & BLACK" in a rectangle
Gallery Label
This child's knife belonged to Angelina Burr Corse (1847-1910), the daughter of Cadwalader Evans and Angelina Burr Corse and the mother of the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
