knife, dessert

Description:

Dessert knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into an ivory handle with straight sides, rounded edges and butt. Tang is held in place with a single steel pin through the side. Blade is discolored and has minor losses from cutting edge. Minor rust spots. Ivory is crazed and has crack down one side near pin.

Blade is stamped: “LAMSON GOODNOW & Co/S. FALLS WORKS”

Maker is Lamson & Goodnow Company, a manufacturer and wholesaler active in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 1844-present.

Date Made: 1860- 1880

Maker: Lamson & Goodnow

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Shelburne Falls

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.156Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.531.156

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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-79e1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323967

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