knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
- Description
- Dinner knife, one of a two piece dinner set with matching carving set (1986.0531.039-.42). Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a squared block ivory handle with blunt butt. Scratched and stained steel, ivory is yellowed with crack down one side.
- Blade is stamped: “W&S . BUTCHER/SHEFFIELD”
- Maker is W[illiam] & S[amuel] Butcher, active ca 1819-1947 in Sheffield, England.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1844- 1868
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
- Physical Description
- ivory (handle material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 9 7/8 in x 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 25.0825 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.041
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.0531.041
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
