Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Penknife
Object Number:
INV.769f
Date:
1860-1920
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
overall (closed): 1/4 x 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 1.9 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center of obverse: "I.O.F. / to / H.M.F."
Description:
Silver penknife, slightly arched at one end, rounded at opposite end; designed the same on both sides, with a bunch of grapes and grape leaves at rounded end, cartouche at the center, fleur-de-lis at arched end, swirl and scallop border at outer edge; obverse has inscription in cartouche, "I.O.L. / to / H.M.F."; blade has finger groove on obverse, beside a set of 3 hallmarks of a spread eagle, the letters "A / C", and a profile of a male head; blade folds down into hollow of knife.
Gallery Label:
This penknife was given to Harriet Moore Francis (1841-1927), wife of the sculptor John Rogers, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
