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Carving Knife

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-187786

Description

Carving knife with ivory handle. The handle is capped by a silver tip decorated with two ram heads.

Details

Descriptive Terms

carving knives
silver (metal)
Knife, Carving

Inscription

"JR" (Silver mark on end cap, also three other marks: alion, two castles and a profile.)
"V R / illegible RODGERS & SONS" (Mark on knife blade, a crown is in between the V & R.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 1/8 x 3/4 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1507.2

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