knife, dinner

Description:

Dinner knife. Straight steel blade with slightly-narrowed and rounded tip. Blade and partial tang are one piece of steel fitted into wooden block handle with straight sides, rounded edges, and blunt butt. Tang is held in place with iron pins. Heavily discolored and stained, wood is separating from tang.

Blade is stamped: “L & G MFG CO/CAST STEEL”

Maker is Lamson & Goodnow Company, a manufacturer and wholesaler active in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 1844-present.

Date Made: 1860- 1880

Maker: Lamson & Goodnow

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Shelburne Falls

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.171Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.171

Object Name: knife, dinnerObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery

Physical Description: metal, steel (overall material)wood (handle material)metal, iron (pins material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 9 1/8 in x 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 23.1775 cm x 2.2225 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2e0c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323982

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