Knife box

Museum number:
7-7725a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21077725a@2dc
Alternate number:
3350a-c (previous number (Design Dept.)), 7-7725a-d, and AB-175 (previous number (Anson Blake’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
knife box with fitted insert and key; (a) box: mahogany with hinged top (inlaid 6-point star on lid) and metal fitting for key and lock; mahogany with fancy grain veneer top and front; inlaid moulding in "herringbone" pattern; h. 33.2 cm, width 21.5 cm; (b) insert (shelf) for knives, 23.7 x 20.1 cm; (c) metal key, l. 4.3 cm. conservation - inner section (b) repaired at LMA w/ACORN R957A.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England
Collector:
Anita Day Symmes Blake and Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
1973-1974
Materials:
Mahogany (wood) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
knife box, 18th century (Sheraton style).
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
a— height 33.2 centimeters, b— width 20.1 centimeters, c— length 4.3 centimeters, a— width 21.5 centimeters, and b— length 23.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife box, accession number 7-7725a-c, described as knife box with fitted insert and key; (a) box: mahogany with hinged top (inlaid 6-point star on lid) and metal fitting for key and lock; mahogany with fancy grain veneer top and front; inlaid moulding in "herringbone" pattern; h. 33.2 cm, width 21.5 cm; (b) insert (shelf) for knives, 23.7 x 20.1 cm; (c) metal key, l. 4.3 cm. conservation - inner section (b) repaired at LMA w/ACORN R957A.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife box, accession number 7-7725a-c, described as knife box with fitted insert and key; (a) box: mahogany with hinged top (inlaid 6-point star on lid) and metal fitting for key and lock; mahogany with fancy grain veneer top and front; inlaid moulding in "herringbone" pattern; h. 33.2 cm, width 21.5 cm; (b) insert (shelf) for knives, 23.7 x 20.1 cm; (c) metal key, l. 4.3 cm. conservation - inner section (b) repaired at LMA w/ACORN R957A.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife box, accession number 7-7725a-c, described as knife box with fitted insert and key; (a) box: mahogany with hinged top (inlaid 6-point star on lid) and metal fitting for key and lock; mahogany with fancy grain veneer top and front; inlaid moulding in "herringbone" pattern; h. 33.2 cm, width 21.5 cm; (b) insert (shelf) for knives, 23.7 x 20.1 cm; (c) metal key, l. 4.3 cm. conservation - inner section (b) repaired at LMA w/ACORN R957A.

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