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Collections: Decorative Arts: Butter Knife, Le Louvre Pattern

Butter Knife, Le Louvre Pattern

Artist: Reed & Barton, American, 1840-present
Medium: Silverplate
Place Made: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
Dates: Patented July 31, 1888
Dimensions: 6 15/16 x 1 x 1/4 in. (17.6 x 2.54 x 0.55 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 1996.136
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. Garry
Image: Overall, 1996.136_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

Catalogue Description: Scimitar-shaped flat blade engraved with paired leaves with two clusters of three berries and one large open flower with eight petals. Blade narrows to undecorated narrow band at handle join, straight sided handle that faces toward end with rounded shoulders and band dipped, molded with a continuous spiral with an intertwined floral tendril that terminates at the end of the handle with asymetrical curving fronds

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