Elongated blade with rounded and shaped end terminating in off-center pointed tip; underside edge is serrated. The front of the blade with machine stamped floral scroll on a stippled ground imitating brite cut work. Handle is a modified fiddle-shape with molded edges forming scrolls, terminating in ovoid end with printed tip.
knives
silver (metal)
stamping (forming)
Knife, Serving
Silver
Stamped
Knife, Serving
1847 R.D.Al (A or D? or R?)
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Unknown
11.125 x 1.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.825
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