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Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The handle of the paper knife has three round projections on either side like nail heads. There is a coil of silver imitating wire at the top of the handle. The pointed cutter is shaped like an arrow and is made from tortoiseshell. It has one circle of silver in the center.

Made from:
Silver -- tortoiseshell
Made in:
Mexico
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.337
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK on the end of the handle: STERLING MEXICO around a triangle enclosing an animal; 13 within a shield with a birds head on top (silver content)
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973