steel block

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Description:

Five piece demonstration set for dinner knife blades (1986.531.240A-E). Set shows the sequence of producing a dinner knife blade from raw material into a refined blade with tang.

Finished blade is stamped: “ENCORE”/THOMAS TURNER & Co./CUTLERS TO HIS MAJESTY/HYGIENIC STAINLESS”

Maker is Thomas Turner & Company, Sheffield, England 1802-1932. The “Encore” line was introduced in 1805. This mark was in use after 1901.

Date Made: ca 1920

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0531.240AAccession Number: 1986.0531Catalog Number: 1986.0531.240A

Object Name: blade, demonstrationObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Knife, Blade; Cutlery

Physical Description: metal, steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 5.715 cm x 1.27 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2dd1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324032

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