Table Knife
date: label: date made
content: 1892 - 1898
notes: label: Description
content: Rogers & Bro. "Star" brand No. 12 table knife with straight blunt-tip blade, single-groove ("Yankee") bolster and solid, round-end handle in plain or satin finish; made as a single piece. No monograms. Front of blade stamped "(5-pointed star outline) ROGERS & BRO. 12 / WATERBURY, CONN.” in incuse serif letters. From a boxed set of 6 knives, 1986.531.226-.231, in original manufacturer's box, 1986.531.248.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
label: Subject
content: Knives
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.231
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.231
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel, electroplated (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 7/8 in; .635 cm x 23.495 cm x 2.2225 cm