Butter knife

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Butter knife

Entry/Object ID

MP.87.772

Description

One of a set of 12 butter knives with scallop shell decoration and engraved dove with olive branch: fiddle-shaped handle; thread border design; dove emblem and convex scallop shell at end; concave scallop shell and thread border design on reverse; scroll design at joint; round ended knife blade; mark stamped on reverse: "BLACK, STARR & FROST/STERLING" (crescent, lion).

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Black, Starr & Frost

Notes

Dates: c. 1910

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1/8 in

Width

7/8 in

Length

6-7/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 1/8 x 7/8 x 6 7/16 in. (0.3 x 2.2 x 16.4 cm)

Material

silver

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

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General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Cross Hall