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Ice Cream Knife

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1857-1860

GUSN

GUSN-47942

Description

Oval handle; slightly curved blade. Foliate is on border; oval thread is on handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ice-cream knives
silver (metal)
cartouches (ornament)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
scrolls (motifs)
Silver
Cartouche
Foliate
Fiddle Thread
Scroll
KNIFE, ICE CREAM

Inscription

Engraved: SFB [for Sarah Fletcher Bradlee] Struck: Shreve, Brown & Co. 925

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Shreve, Brown & Co. (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.663

Reference Notes

Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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