knife, dessert; cutlery, set, part of

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Description:

Dessert knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.126). Straight steel blade with rounded tip and rectangular bolster. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel with tang inserted into tapered ivory block handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Tang is held in place with steel pin through side. Metal is stained and scratched with minor rust spots. Ivory is yellowed and crazed, with large crack down one side.

Blade is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/GREEN RIVER WORKS”; partially worn.

Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.

Date Made: 1860- 1880

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.125Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.531.125

Object Name: knife, dessertObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Knife, Dessert; Cutlery

Physical Description: ivory (handle material)metal, steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 20.0025 cm x 1.905 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-83e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323936

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