Child's Knife, Croyden Pattern

Artist:Pairpoint Manufacturing Company

Medium: Silver-plate

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Dates:patented July 14, 1883

Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5/8 x 3/16 in. (19.1 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm)

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Museum Location: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

Accession Number: 2009.12.18

Catalogue Description:
Light, long, flat, rectangular handle, tapering at lower third to a shorter end at join of shaft; long, narrow shaft ending in a long, flat blade with squared end. Impressed decoration at top third of handle of narrow pointed leaves, on a stippled background, plain reserve; lower third of handle, impressed decoration against a stippled background, flower with narrow petals, with a large narrow leaf. At top and bottom of shaft, inverted triangle design. Condition: normal wear and light tarnish.

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