Dinner knife. Copyright Demo Museum 2003.

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Set of utensils. Copyright Demo Museum 2003.

Knife

Date1884

Place Made/ManufacturedNew York, New York, United States, North America

MediumSterling silver, gilt

Dimensionslength: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

ClassificationsSilver

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Eleanor and Edsel Ford Exhibition and Acquisition Fund

Object number1987.4.4

DescriptionKnife with shaped handle, decorated on front with the Vanderbilt arms below a helmet and foliate mantle surmounted by an acorn crest, and on the back with the monogram W.K.V. The front of the stem is decorated with berried laurel enclosing three hounds and a reclining figure; the back has hunting trophies and tassels above berried foliage which ends at a swag with a pendant oak branch above a lion pelt drop.

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