1875-1900
GUSN-62524
Black patinated steel letter opener with rounded point and tapered blade. Brass inlay of a nightingale in pine branches, woman and child below.
letter openers
bronze (metal)
copper (metal)
Copper
Bronze
Knife, Paper
Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),
P732
Unknown
9 1/4 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Caroline Barr Wade
1955.409
New York state (United States)
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