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Knife

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830

GUSN

GUSN-49490

Description

Metal knife with a bone handle and a rounded blade.

Details

Descriptive Terms

knives
bone (material)
steel (alloy)
Knife, Eating
Knife, Dinner
Knife, Dinner

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Greaves & Sons (Maker)

Location of Origin

England

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.437.1

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