fork, dessert; cutlery, set, part of

Description:

Dessert fork, with matching knife (see 1986.0531.125). Three-tined with chamfered baluster stem and rectangular bolster. Tines, stem, and bolster are one piece of steel with tang inserted into tapered ivory block handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Metal is stained and scratched with minor rust spots. Ivory is yellowed and crazed, with large crack down one side. No mark.

Blade of matching knife is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/GREEN RIVER WORKS”; partially worn.

Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.

Date Made: 1860- 1880

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts

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: 1986.0531.126Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.531.126

Object Name: fork, dessertObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Fork, Dessert; Cutlery

Physical Description: ivory (handle material)metal, steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 15.875 cm x 1.5875 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2d3f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323937

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