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DateLate 1700s
Terms
- Knives Boxes
- Brass
- Velvet
- Shagreen
- Pine
- England
Dimensions33 × 20.31 × 17.77 cm (13 × 8 × 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberF915
DescriptionPine, shagreen, velvet, brass. Box covered with black, rough grained material. Front of lid sloping. Front of box curved out. Brass handles with brass mountings on each side of box, and smaller hands with pierced plate on lid. Look at front of box, shaped brass. plate. Inside box is framework with slots for flatware. 24 slots.
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