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Object of the Week: Set of 24 Gold Dessert Knives with Reverse-Gilded Glass Handles, Pierre Bizos (maker), probably Antonine Rascalon (maker), possibly Martin-Guillaume Biennais (maker), Paris, France, 1805-1810. Purchased in part with funds from Dwight and Lorri Lanmon. 2018.3.1. 

These knives could be used to serve and eat a slice of your favorite dessert today for National Dessert Day. The gold scenes on the glass knife handles were inspired by popular artworks of the time, including Napoleonic battle scenes.


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