Luncheon Knife
Luncheon Knife
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- knife
- Object Type
- flatware
- date made
- 1881 - 1898
- patent date
- 1881-05-03
- maker
- Simpson, Hall, Miller, and Co.
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Wallingford
- place used
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- Physical Description
- silver plate (overall material)
- electroplated (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.6 cm x 1.8 cm; 7 5/16 in x 11/16 in
- overall: 1/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 3/4 in;.3175 cm x 18.7325 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- DL.68.0464A
- catalog number
- 68.0464A
- accession number
- 274913
- Credit Line
- Bequest of August Mencken
- subject
- Eating
- Knives
- Patented
- Baltimore, MD
- German American
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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