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GUSN-181331
Silver carving knife (a) and wooden sheath (b). Knife looks like a miniature sword with a silver colored metal handle that curves down at the end and has an ess-shaped curling rim where the handle meets the blade. Blade is silver. Sheath is a plain, unadorned, rectange made of wood.
carving knives
silverware
wood (plant material)
metal
silver (metal)
Knife
"ATKINS-SILVER" (Marked on blade of knife)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
2 x 1/2 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1508AB
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