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Object Name |
Opener, Letter |
Other Name |
The Fish & Hunt Co. Letter Opener |
Description |
Sheet brass with beveled edges on long narrow pointed blade. Wider end has curved edges with decorative thin Greek Key pattern. Area where narrow and wider section meets is an engraved five petal flower with stacked leaf pattern extending partway down narrow section. End of wide section has a circular engraved area with a flower rosette. Center of rectangular area of wide end engraved with, "THE FISH & HUNTER CO. / BUILDING MATERIAL / WHOLESALE AND RETAIL / DEADWOOD, BELLE FOURCHE, LEAD, / RAPID CITY, S.D." Back side is flat and undecorated. |
Collection |
Adams Museum Collection |
Catalog Number |
ART.2005.049.002 |
Material |
Brass |
Search Terms |
Advertising Fish & Hunter Company Deadwood Lead Belle Fourche Rapid City Writing Instruments |