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Description:

Dessert knife. Straight silver-plated blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel with tang, inserted into hard black rubber handle with rounded sides and butt. Heavily scratched overall, silver is worn off near cutting edge, tarnished.

Blade is stamped: “HARD RUBBER/CUTLERY Co”

Could not locate any information on this company, but it may have been based out of New York. Hard plastic was patented in 1844 and was first used for knife handles circa 1856.

Date Made: after 1856

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York

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: 1986.0531.075Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.075

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

Physical Description: metal, steel (overall material)rubber (handle material)Measurements: overall: 9/16 in x 7 15/16 in x 3/4 in; 1.42875 cm x 20.16125 cm x 1.905 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2833-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323886

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