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Butter Knife, Le Louvre Pattern

Reed & BartonPatented July 31, 1888

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Scimitar-shaped flat blade engraved with paired leaves with two clusters of three berries and one large open flower with eight petals. Blade narrows to undecorated narrow band at handle join, straight sided handle that faces toward end with rounded shoulders and band dipped, molded with a continuous spiral with an intertwined floral tendril that terminates at the end of the handle with asymetrical curving fronds

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  • Title: Butter Knife, Le Louvre Pattern
  • Creator Lifespan: American, 1840-present
  • Creator Nationality: 0
  • Date Created: Patented July 31, 1888
  • Location Created: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
  • Type: Food/Drink, Service
  • Rights: Gift of Joseph V. Garry
  • External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/155475/Butter_Knife_Le_Louvre_Pattern
  • Medium: Silverplate
  • Dimensions: 6 15/16 x 1 x 1/4 in. (17.6 x 2.54 x 0.55 cm)
  • Collection: Decorative Arts
  • Artist: Reed & Barton
  • Accession number: 1996.136
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