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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Silver Cake Knife with Bright-Cut Engraving
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Silver Cake Knife with Bright-Cut Engraving

Manufacturer William Gale and Son (American, active 1853 - 1867)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1853-58
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (31.1 x 3.5 cm)
InscribedOn plain side, marked: "W. G & S >t;" / "925 STERLING"; one side of handle is engraved "J. Myers" in script.
Credit LineGift of Joan Williams Graham
Object number2005.17.2
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On view
DescriptionCake knife with blade and hollow handle entirely made of silver. The broad flat blade has a knife edge on one side and a serrated edge on the other, with both edges scalloped near the handle. The broad side of the blade is decorated with bright-cut engraving depicting flowers, foliage, and one bunch of grapes; the opposite side is plain, but is marked: "W. G & S >t;" / "925 STERLING". Both sides of the slightly bulbous hollow handle are outlined with beading, and one side is engraved "J. Myers" in script.

ProvenanceDescended through the Myers family: "J. Myers" (possibly Judith Myers or Joseph Marx Myers) to Virginia Myers McBlair, granddaughter of Moses Myers; Virginia Myers McBlair to Joan Williams Graham; Gift of Joan Williams Graham to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005. Published ReferencesMalcolm H. Stern, _Americans of Jewish descent: A Compendium of Genealogy_ (Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1960), 110, 132, 157. Louise Conway Belden, _Marks of American Silversmiths in Ineson-Bissel Collection_, (Charlottesville, Virginia: The University of Virginia Press in conjunction with the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1980), 181. Deborah Dependahl Waters, et al., _Elegant Plate: Three Centuries of Precious Metals in New York City_ Vol. II (New York: Museum of the City of New York, 2000), 331-333. Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald R. Ward, _Silver in American Life_ (New York: American Arts Federation, 1979), # 180, 181,172-173. Charles L. Venable, _Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor_ (Dallas Museum of Art, 1994), 20, 156, 315, 318
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