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Knife Box

CultureEnglish
Date1790-1810
MediumMahogany
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 9 × 11 1/2 inches (38.1 × 22.86 × 29.21 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-651/1
On View
Not on view
DescriptionBroken serpentine front inlaid with lighter wood.Provenance

With Ginsburg & Levy, Inc., New York, stock no. 8986, by 1933;

Purchased from Ginsburg & Levy by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

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