Butter knife | Yale University Art Gallery

1870–85

Medium: Silver plate on nickel silver (Electro-plate)
Dimensions: 1 7/8 × 7 in. (4.8 × 17.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Alexander O. Vietor, B.A. 1936
Accession Number: 1974.22.4
Geography: Made in Waterbury, Connecticut
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Flatware
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

Barbara M. Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward, eds., Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1979), 82, no. 51, ill.

"Acquisitions 1974," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 35, no. 3 (Fall 1975): 59.

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

butter knives

maker's mark: "Holmes, Booth & Haydens AI" (on blade)

IIIF: Open in Mirador

View IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more
Linked Art: API response for this object

Linked Art is a Community working together to create a shared Model based on Linked Open Data to describe Art.