Creator(s): Harry Winston, Inc. (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
The handle of the letter opener is an conical shell. The shell is real and is white with tan spots. It ha a metal tip attached to it, and is wrapped with a spiral gilt metal braid. It is set in the handle with metal leaves at the join with the opener. The handle is long, thin and pointed.
- Made from:
- Metal -- shell
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.142
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- MARK on handle: Winston
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973