Chopping Knife Blade

Description:

Small chopping knife or cleaver blade; trapezoidal shape with rounded heel and curved cutting edge rising up to the tang, tapered rectangular in section. Struck incuse on one side “L. F. STÅHLBERG / STÅHLFORS" in serif letters. No handle.

Date Made: 1845 - 1875

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Sweden: Södermanland, Eskilstuna

Subject: Household Tools and EquipmentFood ProcessingKnives

Subject:

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

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Myrtle Z. Hough

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.136880.0002Catalog Number: 136880.0002Accession Number: 136880

Object Name: chopper

Physical Description: steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 8 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in; .635 cm x 21.9075 cm x 5.715 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-3d98-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_318712

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