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Ice Cream Knife

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1854-1857

GUSN

GUSN-617

Description

Upturned pointed handle; flared blade tapering to pointed oval.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ice-cream knives
silver (metal)
acorn
oak leaf (motif)
scrolls (motifs)
Silver
Acorn
Leaf
Scroll
KNIFE, ICE CREAM

Inscription

Struck: E JONES, SHREVE, BROWN & CO.

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Jones, Shreve, Brown & Co. (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.682

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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