Child's Knife

Artist:A.F. Towle & Son Company

Medium: Silver-plate

Geograhical Locations:

• Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

Dates:ca. 1880

Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 3/4 in. (18.7 x 1.9 cm)

Collections:

• Decorative Arts and Design

Accession Number: 87.223.12

Catalogue Description:
Child's Knife with blunt rounded blade ornamented with bright-cut engraving of blossoms, leaves and scroll. Handle is naturalistic rendering of intertwined rustic branches and leaves. Pattern Rustic. CONDITION: normal wear with silver-plate, worn through at tip of blade and tip of handle, middle of handle back, high points of branches.

Brooklyn Museum