knife; cutlery, set, part of
knife; cutlery, set, part of
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- Description
- Knife, part of a three-piece cutlery set with two matching forks (1986.0531.157-159). Straight steel blade with rounded tip and small “yankee” style bolster. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel with tang fitted into a tapered horn handle with rounded sides and butt. Tang is held in place with brass pin through side. Metal is corroded, darkened, and scratched with minor rust spots. Horn is scratched.
- Blade is stamped: “LAMSON GOODNOW & Co/S. FALLS WORKS”
- Maker is Lamson & Goodnow Company, a manufacturer and wholesaler active in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 1844-present.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- knife
- cutlery, set, part of
- Object Type
- cutlery
- Other Terms
- Knife; Cutlery
- date made
- 1860- 1880
- maker
- Lamson & Goodnow
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Shelburne Falls
- Physical Description
- horn (handle material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- metal, brass (pin material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 8 1/2 in x 1 in;.9525 cm x 21.59 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.157
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.531.157
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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