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Carving Knife with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal Knife
This is a knife. It was manufactured by Gorham Manufacturing Company. It is dated 1900 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is steel, antler, silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
bequest of
Julian Clarence Levi.
It is credited Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi.
- Print, Design for Two Knife Handles
- engraving on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-350-1
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 33.9 × 5.5 × 2.7 cm (13 3/8 × 2 3/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On neck of handle, front side, stamped: [1] 'Sterling' [2] H (heavy weight) [3] 4 [4] Bell (date symbol for Gorham, 1900) On neck of handle, reverse side, stamped: [1] Lion passant (Gorham symbol for sterling) [2] Anchor (Gorham symbol for Providence, Rhode Island) [3] G (Gorham maker's mark) On underside of boar's head terminal or finial, stamped: [1] 'Sterling'"
Cite this object as
Carving Knife with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal Knife; Manufactured by Gorham Manufacturing Company (United States); USA; steel, antler, silver; L x W x D: 33.9 × 5.5 × 2.7 cm (13 3/8 × 2 3/16 × 1 1/16 in.); Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi; 1972-5-3-b
