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Butter knife

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-188082

Description

Butter knife with ivory handle and concave collar.

Details

Descriptive Terms

butter knives
silver (metal)
Knife, Butter

Inscription

"LANDERS FRARY & CLARK / AETNA WORKS" (impressed)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Dimensions

3/4 x 1/2 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1505.10

Places

Connecticut (United States)
New Britain (Hartford county, Connecticut)

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