knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of

Description:

One of a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.138-143). Straight, silver-plated steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster which are one piece of steel fitted into tapered ivory handle with rounded sides and rounded butt. Blade is scratched and tarnished. Ivory has minor yellowing and discoloration.

Blade is etched: “1834/J. RUSSELL & CO./12”

Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.

Date Made: ca 1834

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts

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: 1986.0531.138Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.531.138

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

Physical Description: ivory (handle material)metal, silver-plated (overall material)metal, steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 24.765 cm x 2.2225 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-27fa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323949

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