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Dinner Knife

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1875-1900

GUSN

GUSN-12194

Description

Silver dinner knife with a bone handle and a rounded silver blade.

Details

Descriptive Terms

knives
silver (metal)
bone (material)
Knife, Eating
Knife, Dinner
Knife, Dinner

Inscription

Impressed on the blade: Ball, Tomkins & Black, NEW YORK.

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Ball, Tompkins & Black (Maker)

Location of Origin

New York, NY, USA

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1508

Places

New York state (United States)

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