KNIFE FROM A SILVERWARE SET, ONE OF SIX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The handles for all have the main section in banded agate with a silver section at either end set with pieces of turquoise. The blades have a fancy curved shape and are engraved with a tree and scroll motif and a standing Oriental figure.
- Object name:
- KNIFE FROM A SILVERWARE SET, ONE OF SIX
- Made from:
- Silver -- agate -- turquoise
- Made in:
- Bokhara,
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.119.16
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973