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Dessert Knife


Knife
Dutch?
late 17th century

Medium/Technique Steel, agate
Dimensions 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Dr. Samuel A. Green
Accession Number19.1415
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionAgate handle with silver? Tip and white metal band marked = multiple hand-drawn marks=. Bright steel blade marked with a dagger (?) and a bunch of grapes(?)
ProvenanceBy 1910, Dr. Samuel Abbott Green (b. 1830 - d. 1918), Boston; 1919, bequest of Dr. Samuel A. Green to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 4, 1919)