knife
Object NameGlass Handled Knife
Made Fromnon-lead glass, steel
Date1800-1899
Place MadeItaly
SizeOverall L: 26.8 cm
Accession Number81.3.121 C
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight P. Lanmon
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionMulticolored non-lead glasses; blown, spattered. Long, baluster-shape glass handles, with rounded butt ends, cylindrical collars where the blade is inserted, blade of rounded, scimitar shape: (A) mottled greenish handle, blade with cylindrical collar; (B) yellow-green handle with white, red, and blue splashes, and scattered goldstone, the blade matching (A); (C) similar handle to (B), but with pink splashes, along with white, blue, and red; blade similar to (A); (D) mottled handle with green, yellow-green, blue, and red-brown splashes, the blade stamped "K" with a dagger, cylindrical collar with disk; (E) mottled tan handle with multicolored splashes; blade matching (D), including mark; (F) transparent blue, with yellow-green, light blue, and red splashes and "goldstone"; blade of form similar to (A), but with disk collar.Provenance
Source
Lorri Lanmon
(American, b. 1932)
Source
Dwight P. Lanmon
(American, b. 1938)
