Dinner knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip is welded to an iron bolster. Tang is inserted into a fluted and tapered black horn handle and held in place with a single brass pin. Metal is heavily corroded with heavy rust on bolster. Horn is crazed and cracked on backside near bolster. Brass is beginning to corrode.
Blade is stamped: “WALTON”
Maker is possibly Richard Walton, listed in the 1787 Sheffield, England directory. This style horn handle is similar to those illustrated in Joseph Smith’s Key to Sheffield Manufactories (1816).
Dessert fork, with matching knife (see 1986.0531.125). Three-tined with chamfered baluster stem and rectangular bolster. Tines, stem, and bolster are one piece of steel with tang inserted into tapered ivory block handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Metal is stained and scratched with minor rust spots. Ivory is yellowed and crazed, with large crack down one side. No mark.
Blade of matching knife is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/GREEN RIVER WORKS”; partially worn.
Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
Dinner knife. Steel blade with slightly upturned false edge and rounded tip. 2/3 of cutting edge is lightly serrated on one side. Blade and tang are fitted into a cream-colored plastic handle cast in two pieces, seam at side. Tapered handle has straight sides and faceted and rounded butt. Top and bottom of handle has teardrop relief and teardrop impression decoration. Blade is scratched. Handle is soiled, discolored, crack along one side.
Blade is etched: “Super Edge/STAINLESS STEEL/U.S.A.”
Maker is the Utica Cutlery Company of Utica, New York (1910-present), founded as a pocketknife manufacturer. The company introduced fixed blade kitchen cutlery in 1918, and stainless steel flatware in 1952.
Dessert knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into an ivory handle with straight sides, rounded edges and butt. Tang is held in place with a single steel pin through the side. Blade is discolored and has minor losses from cutting edge. Minor rust spots. Ivory is crazed and has crack down one side near pin.
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.
Dinner knife. Straight, silver-plated steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel with tang fitted into tapered ivory block handle with rounded sides and butt. Tang is held in place with a steel pin through side. Blade is heavily scratched and tarnished. Ivory is yellowed and has a crack near bolster.
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.
Small knife having a blunt blade with integral bolster fitted into a bone handle, almost square in section, rounded-over at end with an inlaid brass dot on front. Mark or front side of blade stamped “TOKEN OF / AFFECTION” in incuse serif letters between scrolled motifs. No marks. From a two-piece child's or youth's flatware set (knife and fork), 1986.0531.086-.087.
Dinner knife, silver-plated steel. Straight blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster. Flat handle with rounded sides and butt decorated in low relief with art nouveau style whiplash curve and foliate decoration. Heavily scratched and tarnished, plate is worn.
Engraved on butt in cursive: “Campi’s”
Stamped on blade: “REED & BARTON”
“Campi’s Restaurant” is advertised in a January 29, 1900 issue (Volume XVI Issue 12) of The Stanford Daily university newspaper.
The company applied for and was granted several patents for the design and production of flatware ca 1902-1904, none of which are this design.
Maker is Reed & Barton, active ca 1840-present in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Dessert knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a block bone handle with a blunt butt. Tang is held in place with a single brass pin. Blade is scratched, discolored, with some small rust spots. Bone is crazed and yellowed, with long crack on one side.
Blade is stamped: “X L N T/MOULSON BROTHERS/UNION WORKS . SHEFFIELD”
“X L N T” is the trademark for Adolph Kastor & Brothers, a wholesaler and importer active 1876-ca 1947 in New York, New York.
Maker is the Moulson Brothers, active 1828-1912 in Sheffield, England.
Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece with tang; back of knife shows a "puddled" weld between the iron bolster and steel blade. Bone scales are riveted to tang with brass pins to form a block handle with rounded sides and blunt butt. Overall discoloration and minor rust on metal. Bone is yellowed and crazed; separating from the tang.
Blade is stamped: “SANDERSONS/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is possibly the Sanderson Brothers (formerly Naylor & Sanderson), active in Sheffield, England ca 1829-present.
Dinner fork, with matching knife (1988.763.2). Two-tined with baluster stem. Tang is fitted into a tapered cow horn handle, conical-shaped and curved. Steel pommel cap is fitted on rounded butt; held in place with two steel pins. Tang is held in place with two brass pins through handle. Corrosion and rust on tines, baluster, and pommel cap. Long crack on underside of handle beginning at bolster. Brass is corroded.
Blade of matching knife is stamped: “MARSHES &/SHEPARD”
Maker is Marshes & Shepard, Sheffield, England, active circa 1818-1850.
Dessert knife with matching dessert fork (see 1986.0531.002). Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered ivory block handle with a rounded butt. Overall scratches and discoloration. Ivory is yellowed, has long crack down front.
Blade is stamped: “IBBOTSON&HORNER/EXTRA CAST STEEL”
Maker is Ibbotson & Horner, a New York-based manufacturer active ca 1850.
Carving knife. Straight steel blade with drop point tip is one piece with tang. Iron bolster is attached with single steel pin. Bone scales are riveted to tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered sides and rounded butt. Scratched overall with heavy rusting particularly on bolster. Bone is yellowed and heavily crazed. Scales are loose. Brass is beginning to corrode.
Blade is stamped; [Illegible/worn]REGAN & COMPANY/COLUMBIA WORKS SHEFFIELD”; with heavily faded crown and “F” above.
Maker is Marvel Regan & Company (Trademark Columbia Works), active in Sheffield, England circa 1880.
Dinner knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered block handle with faceted sides and a blunt butt. Tang is held in place with a single brass pin. Metal is scratched with minor discoloration. Brass is corroded.
Blade is stamped: “V [crown] R/JOHN ASKHAM/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is Frost, Askham & Mosforth, manufacturers active in Sheffield, England and New York ca 1820-1900.
Dessert knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.131), possibly made for a child. Straight steel blade with rounded tip fitted with pewter bolster. Blade and tang are one piece of steel inserted into a tapered bone handle with rounded sides and butt. Blade is scratched and discolored. Bolster is separating from handle. Bone is discolored with residue, crazed, has crack near bolster.
Blade is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/GREEN RIVER WORKS”
Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
Dessert fork with matching dessert knife (see 1986.0531.001). Three-tined with a chamfered baluster stem. Tines, stem, and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered ivory block handle with a rounded butt. Overall scratches, some discoloration at bolster. Ivory is yellowed, has long crack down left side. No mark.
Blade of matching knife is stamped: “IBBOTSON&HORNER/EXTRA CAST STEEL”
Maker is Ibbotson & Horner, a New York-based manufacturer active ca 1850.
Dinner knife, one of a two piece dinner set with matching carving set (1986.0531.039-.42). Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into a squared block ivory handle with blunt butt. Scratched and stained steel, ivory is yellowed with crack down one side.
Blade is stamped: “W&S . BUTCHER/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is W[illiam] & S[amuel] Butcher, active ca 1819-1947 in Sheffield, England.
Dinner knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.135).Straight tin-plated steel blade with tapered and rounded tip soldered to cast iron handle. Teardrop-shaped handle with flat sides and concave surfaces, painted black. Plate is almost completely worn, heavily scratched. Knife point is bent.
One side of handle is cast: “JR & CO”
Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
Dinner knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and tang are one piece of steel, pewter bolster is soldered in place. Wooden scales are riveted to tang with pewter pins to form a block handle with rounded edges fitted with a rounded pewter pommel cap at butt. Blade is heavily scratched and discolored, rusted. Pewter and handle are discolored, wood is pulling away from tang, deeply scratched. (see 1986.0531.106)
Blade is stamped: “BEAVER FALLSCUT.Co”
Maker is the Beaver Falls Cutlery Company, active 1868-1886 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
Dinner knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip fitted into pewter (?) bolster. Blade and tang are one piece of steel inserted into black wooden handle with rounded sides and butt. Nickel silver ferrule is decorated with low-relief band of six-petaled flowers. Tang is held in place with single steel pin through side. Blade is scratched, minor corrosion. Bolster is scratched and nicked. Small chip in handle near pin.
Blade is etched: “E. FELSENHELD,/MAKER/NEW YORK.”
Maker is E. Felsenheld, New York, New York/Germany, a manufacturer and importer active circa 1900-1920.
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.