Butter knife

Museum number:
2-58088
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3156 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Sterling silver butter knife. Filigree handle. Floral motif; cast ornament, lower part of blade. Marks include “T” imposed over “S” inside a box and “Sterling”.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A; ; Attr
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Sterling silver
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Butter knife, accession number 2-58088, described as Sterling silver butter knife. Filigree handle. Floral motif; cast ornament, lower part of blade. Marks include “T” imposed over “S” inside a box and “Sterling”.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Butter knife, accession number 2-58088, described as Sterling silver butter knife. Filigree handle. Floral motif; cast ornament, lower part of blade. Marks include “T” imposed over “S” inside a box and “Sterling”.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Butter knife, accession number 2-58088, described as Sterling silver butter knife. Filigree handle. Floral motif; cast ornament, lower part of blade. Marks include “T” imposed over “S” inside a box and “Sterling”.

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