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Description:

Carving knife, with matching fork (1986.531.238B). Straight steel blade with pointed tip; cutting edge curves toward tip. Blade is inserted into white metal bolster cap. Tang is fitted into wooden handle: teardrop-shaped, faceted, with widened shoulders near bolster, painted gray with turquoise butt. Blade is scratched with minor stains. Bolster is scratched. Handle paint is chipped and cracked.

Blade is etched: “A+J/STAINLESS”; diamond around company name (this mark was registered in 1922)

Maker is A&J Manufacturing Company of Binghamton, New York, (founded 1909) which was purchased by Ekco Housewares Company of Chicago, Illinois in 1929, at which time products featured both company's trademarks.

Date Made: 1922- 1929

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Binghamton

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: 1986.0531.238AAccession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.238A

Object Name: knife, carvingObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Carving, Set; Cutlery

Physical Description: metal, steel (blade material)wood (handle material)white metal (bolster cap material)Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in x 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 26.9875 cm x 2.2225 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e621-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324030

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