Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The handle of the paper knife has three round projections on either side like nail heads. There is a coil of silver imitating wire at the top of the handle. The pointed cutter is shaped like an arrow and is made from tortoiseshell. It has one circle of silver in the center.
- Made from:
- Silver -- tortoiseshell
- Made in:
- Mexico
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.337
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on the end of the handle: STERLING MEXICO around a triangle enclosing an animal; 13 within a shield with a birds head on top (silver content)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973