Child's Knife
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
ca. 1880
DIMENSIONS
7 3/8 x 3/4 in. (18.7 x 1.9 cm)
MARKINGS
on back of handle: A F TOWLE & SON CO.
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
87.223.12
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Child's Knife with blunt rounded blade ornamented with bright-cut engraving of blossoms, leaves and scroll. Handle is naturalistic rendering of intertwined rustic branches and leaves. Pattern Rustic.
CONDITION: normal wear with silver-plate, worn through at tip of blade and tip of handle, middle of handle back, high points of branches.
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