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    Artist

  • Various manufacturers

    • Title

  • Personal Items of the Bloch family

  • Physical Description

    9 objects : metal, glass, pearl, ivory ; variable measurements. +, + box to hold small objects

  • Date

    19th-20th centuries

  • Summary

    2 forks, 3 spoons, 2 seals, a pair of cufflinks, and a letter opener.

    2019.41a: Ivory tusk or horn, approximately 19 inches long. Has initials J. J. incised on one end. The object is shaped for some purpose, maybe as a letter opener.

    2019.41b: Seal for a letter, made of a heavy metal base and a round carved glass. The metal base has a filigree design. The intials on the seal are either W. I. or I. W.

    2019.41c: Seal for a letter, made of a brown translucent stone or glass with a small metal base. The initials on the seal are J. J.

    2019.41d: Two cufflinks made of pearl and gold. The cufflinks come in a small green box from the Herz Hof-Juwelier in Wiesbaden.

    2019.41e: Metal fork with the name Else incised on the handle. On the back of the fork is the name Schwartz Berlin and the number 800, along with some other hallmark symbols

    2019.41f: Large metal fork with the initials L. F. (maybe for Luise Foelsche) incised on the handle. On the back of the fork is the number 800, along with some other hallmark symbols.

    2019.41g: Metal spoon with the name Peter incised on the handle.

    2019.41h: Metal spoon with illegible initials incised on the back of the handle. The front of the handle has a filigree design. On the back of the spoon is the name Netter and the number 800, along with some other hallmark symbols. The spoon comes from the Herz Hof-Juwelier in Wiesbaden.

    2019.41i: Metal spoon with illegible initials incised on the front of the handle. On the back of the spoon is the number 800, along withe some other hallmark symbols.

  • Medium

    Culinary equipment; Furnishings and equipment; Objects; Tableware

  • Part Of

    Peter Bloch Collection, AR 25353

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Biographical/Historical Information

Peter Rafael Bloch, historian, writer, journalist and an expert of Puerto Rican culture, was born on October 19th, 1921 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In 1939 he escaped to England and later that year moved to Belgium to get reunited with his family. In 1942 he escaped to Switzerland but moved back to Belgium in 1945. Peter Bloch stayed in Belgium with his mother until 1949. In 1949 Peter Bloch was allowed to come to America. Peter Bloch studied Hispanic culture and history since his youth and became an authority on Puerto Rican culture. He earned his living by writing for European magazines and newspapers. When writing for the International Socialist Workers Review from 1955 to 1962, Peter Bloch used the pseudonym Trent Hutter. He died in New York on July 31st, 2008.

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Various manufacturers: Personal Items of the Bloch family, Leo Baeck Institute, 2019.41a-i.