Dinner Knife, "Croyden Pattern"
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
patented July 14, 1883
DIMENSIONS
9 3/16 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. (23.3 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm)
MARKINGS
Impressed underside on blade: "THE PAIRPOINT MAN' FG. CO / NEW BEDFORD. MASS"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2009.12.17
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Robert Tuggle
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Long, thick, rounded handle with short shaft and long blade ending in a rounded end. Impressed decoration, mirrored on handle reverse, at top third of handle on a stippled background narrow pointed leaves; middle third of handle, impressed decoration against a stippled background of a single flower with a large broad leaf .
Condition: normal signs of wear and light tarnish.
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