"Executive Rule" letter opener/ruler
Samuel Kirk & Son
(active 1846–1861, 1868–1896)
designed about 1953; made 1953–63
Object PlaceBaltimore, Maryland
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 31.1 x 2.5 cm (12 1/4 x 1 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1259
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceUnknown date, owned by As Time Goes By (gallery), New Hope, Pennsylvania; by 1991, owned by Fift/50 (gallery), New York, New York; January 4, 1991, sold to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
