Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
Date:
ca. 1750
Object Number:
1902.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Table knife
Object Number:
1936.215
Date:
1855
Medium:
Silver, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in. ( 28.3 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on back of handle: the Perry family crest
stamped: on back of blade: "BALL . . . / 247 BROADWAY, N.Y."
Description:
Table knife with flat steel blade with rounded tip and cast silver handle with foliate design; molded handle socket; stamped maker's mark on reverse of blade; family crest with anchor below a hind's head engraved on reverse of handle.
Gallery Label:
On December 28, 1855, the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants of New York presented Commodore Matthew Calbraith perry with a 381-piece silver dinner service in acknowledgement of his successful negotiation of a treaty with Japan in 1854. In the letter of presentation the committee remarked, "To have brought this secluded Empire, into the intercourse of nations; is an achievement which may justly be ranked, among the greatest events of the age..."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable Perry Belmont
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
