knife, dessert; cutlery, set, part of

Description:

Dessert knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.131), possibly made for a child. Straight steel blade with rounded tip fitted with pewter bolster. Blade and tang are one piece of steel inserted into a tapered bone handle with rounded sides and butt. Blade is scratched and discolored. Bolster is separating from handle. Bone is discolored with residue, crazed, has crack near bolster.

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

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

Date Made: 1870- 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: 1986.0531.130Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.531.130

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

Physical Description: bone (handle material)metal, steel (overall material)metal, pewter (bolster material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 19.05 cm x 1.905 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-8367-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323941

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