knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.080). Upturned stainless steel blade with rounded tip. “Yankee” style bolster and blade are one piece of steel with tang, inserted into a yellow plastic handle with straight sides, chamfered edges, and rounded butt. Handle has slight discoloration at butt.
label: Description
content: Blade is engraved near bolster: “BOKER/USA/STAINLESS”
label: Description
content: Maker is Boker, USA, active 1899-present in Newark and Maplewood, New Jersey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Maplewood
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.079
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, dinner
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, stainless steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 23.495 cm x 1.905 cm