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Description:

Dessert knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and tang are one piece of steel; bone scales are riveted to the tang with brass pins to form a block handle with chamfered edges and rounded butt. Overall scratches, discoloration and minor rust on metal. Ivory is yellowed and crazed, separating from the tang.

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.160Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.160

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

Physical Description: bone (scales material)metal, steel (overall material)metal, brass (pins material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 8 1/4 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 20.955 cm x 1.905 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2e09-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323971

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