knife, dinner
knife, dinner
- Description
- Dinner knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade, bolster, tang, and butt are one piece of steel. Ivory scales are riveted to the tang with steel pins. Block handle has curved sides with chamfered edges and rounded butt. Scratched overall and discolored. Ivory is yellowed and crazed, cracked near edges. White residue on one side. No mark.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1800- 1899
- Physical Description
- ivory (handle material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 23.8125 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.076
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.0531.076
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
