DESSERT KNIFE FROM THE YUSUPOV BYZANTINE SERVICE, ONE OF TWELVE
Creator(s): Alexandre Gueyton (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The knife handle is applied on both sides with Pan-Slavic strapwork with the Yusupov coat of arms at the center. The blade is silver.
- Object name:
- DESSERT KNIFE FROM THE YUSUPOV BYZANTINE SERVICE, ONE OF TWELVE
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1857
- Size:
- L. 7 3/4 in., W. 5/8 in., D. 1/2 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2018.8.42
- Signature marks:
- MARK: Minerva's head facing right [French silver guaranty mark] [on handle] MARKS: Maker's marks of Alexandre Gueyton [A. G.], [ALEX GUEYTON], and [A Gueyton] in a lozenge / Minerva's head facing right [French silver guaranty mark] / Import mark for objects coming through Saint Petersburg, last quarter of the 19th c. [91 (two anchors crossing a scepter) ПТ] [on blade]
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase through the Anne Curtis Odom Acquisition Fund, 2018