fork, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
fork, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
- Description
- Dinner fork, with matching knife (see 1986.0531.132), Three-tined with flat baluster stem that is one piece of steel with tang with wooden scales riveted in place with iron pins to form a block handle with chamfered edges and rounded butt. Pewter bolster and pommel cap. Heavily scratched overall, metal is corroded and has rust spots. No mark.
- Blade of matching knife is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/PATENTED JAN.13,1872”
- Patent could not be located at this time, further research is needed.
- Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date patented
- 1872
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts
- Physical Description
- metal, steel (overall material)
- wood (scales material)
- metal, pewter (bolster, pommel cap material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 19.05 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.133
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.531.133
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
