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Description:

Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and rectangular bolster are one piece of steel with tang fitted into a tapered ivory handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Metal is discolored, minor rust. Ivory is yellowed and separated from bolster. Long crack in handle from bolster to butt. Blade stamped: “PRATT ROPES WEBB&Co / AMERICAN CUTLERY”. With matching fork, 1986.0531.116.

Date Made: ca 1846 - 1855

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Meriden

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Food, Domestic Furnishings

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.115Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.531.115

Object Name: knifeObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Knife, Dessert; Cutlery

Physical Description: steel (blade material)ivory (handle material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 20.0025 cm x 1.905 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-bf6c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323925

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Dessert Knife