Artist/Maker
Ball, Black & Co.
(active 1852 - 1874)
Table knives (2)
1852-1874
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Silver
Each: 7 7/8 × 1 × 1/4 in. (20 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm)
Permanent Loan of the Beekman Family Association
1950.121ab
DescriptionPair of silver table knives with shell form handles engraved with the Beekman family crest in an oval reserve, two wings addorsed on fess on an armor helmet, baluster stems with folite joints; flat curved blades; maker's marks stamped on the blade.Markingsstamped: on the blade: "BALL, BLACK & CO/ PATENT/ 925"
ClassificationsSILVER