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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HANDLE
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- SILVER
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035065
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HANDLE
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- SILVER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.8
- Length
- 11.7
- Width
- 2.4
- Description
- A SILVER HANDLE. THE USABLE PART OF THE ARTIFACT HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF. THE HANDLE IS NARROW AT THE TOP AND FLARES TOWARD THE BOTTOM. FRONT AND BACK ARE CARVED WITH ROSES, THAT GO UP THREE-QUARTERS OF THE LENGTH OF THE HANDLE. THERE ARE WEAR MARKS ON BOTH SIDES AT THE THICKEST PART OF THE HANDLE. THERE IS A ROUNDED NECK EXTENDING FROM THE TOP. THIS NECK BECOMES FLAT AND THE REST HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF. WHERE THE ARTIFACT WAS BROKEN YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE SIDE OF THE 'TOOL' WAS THICKER THAN THE OTHER.
- Subjects
- ARTIFACT REMNANT
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- POSSIBLY THE HANDLE OFF OF A PIECE OF FLATWARE, OR A TOILET ARTICLE. CAME IN JEWELRY BOX P19990035021-GA. SEE P19990035001-GA FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035065
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-07
- Collection
- Museum
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