knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of

Description:

Dinner knife, one of two with matching dinner forks (1986.0531.043-.46). Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered block horn handle with chamfered edges and blunt butt. Tang is held in handle with one brass pin, with round horn peg at butt. Overall nicked and scratched, blade is heavily discolored with some rust. Horn is cracked.

Blade is stamped: “L . BOOTH/NORFOLK ST WORKS/SHEFFIELD”

Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.

Date Made: before 1855

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.044Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.044

Object Name: knife, dinnerObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery

Physical Description: horn (handle material)metal, steel (overall material)metal, brass (pin material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 9 3/8 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 23.8125 cm x 2.54 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-d758-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323855

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