Butter Knife
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Caption
1847 Rogers Brothers. Butter Knife, ca. 1885. Silver plate, 7 1/2 x 1 in. (19.1 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman, 87.223.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 87.223.3_view2_PS2.jpg)
Maker
Title
Butter Knife
Date
ca. 1885
Geography
Place manufactured: Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Medium
Silver plate
Classification
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 1 in. (19.1 x 2.5 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
On back of stem: "1847 ROGERS BROS A1"
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman
Accession Number
87.223.3
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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