| National Museum of American History

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Description:

Dinner knife, with matching dessert knife (see 1986.531.184), silver-plated steel. Straight blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster, cast as one piece of steel with long ovoid-loop handle. Plate is worn, corroded along edges of blade.

Blade is stamped: “LAMSON & GOODNOW MFG CO/PATENTED. FEBY . 25 . 1868”

Unable to locate the referenced patent, further research is needed.

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

Date Patented: 1868

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: 1986.0531.183Accession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.183

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

Physical Description: 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

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-28f7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_323994

Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.

If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.