Silver and bronze fruit knife. Bronze square handle with an Eastern design on the handle. Etched dragonflies and flowers on the silver blade.
fruit knives
silver (metal)
Knife, Eating
Knife, Fruit
Silver
Bronze
Bamboo
Slip Cast
Bright-Cut
Japonais
Knife, Fruit
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Maker)
Providence, RI, USA
Gift of Ralph May
1971.944
Carpenter, Charles Hope, Author. Gorham Silver, 1831-1981. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1982.
Rhode Island (United States)
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