Knife Box with Silver Mounts

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Knife Box with Silver Mounts

Entry/Object ID

63.5.1

Description

Knife Box with Silver Mounts Mahogany Knife Box with Serpentine Front, English C.1770. with Fitted Interior with Twenty-Four Openings, Each Defined with Squares of Cross Banded Inlay. Pierced Silver Plates with Handles on Each Side. Silver Lock and Eschutcheon on Front. Two Silver Hinges At Back. Round Pierced Silver Plate and Pull on Lid

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

63.5.1

Made/Created

Date made

1760 - 1780

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Box, Cutlery

Other Name

Knifebox

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

crack across back, minor cracks and repairs

General Notes

Note

Notes: Sold at Auction at Charlton hall, 3/13/99, lot 91 $1000. User8: 1

Created By

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Create Date

February 24, 1998

Updated By

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Update Date

February 10, 2023