knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
- Description
- One of a set of six dinner knives (1986.0531.138-143). Straight, silver-plated steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster which are one piece of steel fitted into tapered ivory handle with rounded sides and rounded butt. Blade is scratched and tarnished. Ivory has minor yellowing and discoloration.
- Blade is etched: “1834/J. RUSSELL & CO./12”
- Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- knife, dinner
- Object Type
- cutlery
- date made
- ca 1834
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts
- Physical Description
- ivory (handle material)
- metal, silver-plated (overall material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 24.765 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.141
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.531.141
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
