knife, dessert; cutlery, set, part of
knife, dessert; cutlery, set, part of
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- Description
- Dessert knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.126). Straight steel blade with rounded tip and rectangular bolster. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel with tang inserted into tapered ivory block handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Tang is held in place with steel pin through side. Metal is stained and scratched with minor rust spots. Ivory is yellowed and crazed, with large crack down one side.
- Blade is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/GREEN RIVER WORKS”; partially worn.
- Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- knife, dessert
- Object Type
- cutlery
- Other Terms
- Knife, Dessert; Cutlery
- date made
- 1860- 1880
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts
- Physical Description
- ivory (handle material)
- metal, steel (overall 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
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.125
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.531.125
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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