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Dinner Knife

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1855

GUSN

GUSN-16424

Description

One of a set of four. Silver dinner knife with a pointed oval handle and a rounded blade. Josephine pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table knives
silver (metal)
Knife, Eating
Knife, Dinner
Knife, Dinner

Inscription

"Fairbrother" (Engraved on the blade)

Pattern

Josephine Pattern

Additional Identification Number

1933.1471d

Maker

Gorham & Co. (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

Providence, RI, USA

Accession Number

1933.1471.4

Reference Notes

Carpenter, Charles Hope, Author. Gorham Silver, 1831-1981. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1982.

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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