Butter knives
Butter knives
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- Description (Brief)
- A set of six butter knives, each with a tarnished metal handle and imitation tortoiseshell celluloid blade. The knives are unmarked.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- butter knives, set
- butter knives
- date made
- ca 1925
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (blade material)
- metal (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.7 cm x 2 cm x.5 cm; 5 13/16 in x 13/16 in x 3/16 in
- overall; each: 5 3/4 in x 3/4 in x 5/16 in; 14.605 cm x 1.905 cm x.79375 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1669
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1669
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Celluloid
- Domestic Furnishings
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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