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Fruit knife

1797–1809
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueSilver, mother-of-pearl
DimensionsOverall: 19.7 x 1.4 cm (7 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineSwan Collection—Gift of Miss Elizabeth Howard Bartol
Accession number21.1276
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsFramed monogram of engraved on blade
ProvenanceSwan Collection. 1921, bequest of Miss Elizabeth Howard Bartol to the MFA.
Group shot:  1990.461a-b, 1992.181
Charles Robert Ashbee
1903–04
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Bernard Cuzner
1911–12
Casket
Unmarked
about 1590
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Philip Syng Jr.
about 1750
Fan
1770
mid-19th century