GUSN-222499
The letter opener has a handle of brass. At the tip of the handle, there is a sea shell design. Below that is a design of a bird in flight that is carrying a letter in its beak.
letter openers
brass (alloy)
Knife, Paper
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
10/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2661.2
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