graver

Object NameGraver Tool

Made FromWood, Iron

Date1880-1920

Place MadeGermany

TechniqueDrawn, Coated

SizeOverall L: 12.1 cm; Handle Diam: 2.3 cm; Blade End W: .3 cm

Accession Number79.7.14 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

From the Darkness of the Sea: The Cornell Collection of Blaschka Glass Invertebrate Models

Not On View

Physical DescriptionWood, iron; drawn, coated; with curved, flattened end, straight rounded shaft, held into a small elongated rounded wooden handle. Handle appears hand-made, with roughly finished end, and a finely incises cut around the center. The handle tapers toward the iron shaft, which is squared at the juncture of the handle.
Provenance

Source Gerhard Walther - 1979-09-21

Former Collection Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895)

Former Collection Rudolf Blaschka (1857-1939)