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Group shot: 2008.76.1-12
Set of twelve knives with Japanese kozuka-style handles
Group shot: 2008.76.1-12

Set of twelve knives with Japanese kozuka-style handles

Gorham Manufacturing Company (active 1865–1961)
about 1881
Object PlaceProvidence, Rhode Island
Medium/TechniqueSilver with gilding
DimensionsOverall (each): 2 x 19.7 cm (13/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from a Gift of Harold Whitworth Pierce, Bequest of Maury A. Bromsen, Gift of Penelope Noyes, Gift of Richard Edwards, Gift of Mrs. Henrietta Page, Gift of Bloomingdale's, Bequest of Helen S. Coolidge, Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Gift of Mrs. Bradley Dewey, Bequest of Sarah E. Montague, American Decorative Arts Curator's Fund, Gift of the Estate of Ruth A. Safford, Bequest of Mrs. Charles R. Codman, and Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, Bequest of Mrs. Edna H. Howe
Accession number2008.76.1-11
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
ProvenanceSold at Christie’s New York, January 17, 2008 as “Property from a personal Collection of American Aesthetic movement Silver,” purchased by the MFA.