knife, dessert; cutlery, set, part of
knife, dessert; cutlery, set, part of
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- Description
- Dessert knife with matching dessert fork (see 1986.0531.002). Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered ivory block handle with a rounded butt. Overall scratches and discoloration. Ivory is yellowed, has long crack down front.
- Blade is stamped: “IBBOTSON&HORNER/EXTRA CAST STEEL”
- Maker is Ibbotson & Horner, a New York-based manufacturer active ca 1850.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- knife, dessert
- Object Type
- cutlery
- Other Terms
- Knife, Dessert; Cutlery
- date made
- 1840- 1850
- place made
- United States: New York
- Physical Description
- ivory (handle material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 7/8 in;.635 cm x 20.0025 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.001
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.0531.001
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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