knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of

Description:

Dinner knife, part of a matching set (see 1986.0531.048 fork). Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece of steel. Horn scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and blunt butt. Blade is discolored with some rust spots, horn is cracked and chipped around edges.

Blade is stamped: “SANDERSON/SHEARSTEEL”

Maker is possibly the Sanderson Brothers, active ca 1829-[unknown] in Sheffield, England.

Date Made: 1860- 1890

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield

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: 1986.0531.047Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.047

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

Physical Description: horn (scales material)metal, steel (overall material)metal, brass (pins material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 1 in; .9525 cm x 24.4475 cm x 2.54 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4618-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323858

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