Butter Knife

Sheffield Plate Company (an imprint of Holmes Booth & Haydens)

Caption

Sheffield Plate Company (an imprint of Holmes Booth & Haydens). Butter Knife, ca. 1885. Silver-plate, 7 x 13/16 x 1 in. (17.8 x 2.1 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Helen Hersh and Charles Sporn, 1990.146.2.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Butter Knife

Date

ca. 1885

Medium

Silver-plate

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

7 x 13/16 x 1 in. (17.8 x 2.1 x 2.5 cm)

Signatures

Unsigned

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

stamped "SHEFFIELD PLT CO" on reverse of handle

Credit Line

Gift of Helen Hersh and Charles Sporn

Accession Number

1990.146.2

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