Cake Knife

Item Information

Title:
Cake Knife
Description:
Upturned oval handle with a short front rib. Handle front is engraved in foliate script (machine). Flat slice is pointed with oval shaped piercings and machine engraved foliate patterns on the front.
Creator:
Bodge, H. S.
Date:
1850–1870
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
coin silver
perforating
silver (metal)
cake knives
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
scrolls (motifs)
Silver
Perforated
Scroll
Places:
New Hampshire > Rockingham (county) > Portsmouth
Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Extent:
8.875 in. x 2.5 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/48642
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Ralph May
Accession #:
1971.1493
Identifier:
48642