Paper cutter (part of a set)
Asprey
1851 · Gilt bronze, malachite · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The set (1982.88.1–.8) was shown at the Crystal Palace exhibition in 1851. Except for the paper knife, each piece is engraved underneath with Asprey's name and address and the words Exhibition 1851.
- Artist
- Asprey
- Date
- 1851
- Medium
- Gilt bronze, malachite
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Purchase, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, Loretta Hines Howard and Charles Hines, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hines, and J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1982
