Carving Knife
date: label: date made
content: 1860s - 1880s
name: label: maker
content: Lamson & Goodnow
notes: label: Description
content: Carving knife having a straight, drop-tip blade with integral single-groove ("Yankee") bolster and flat, rounded-edge ivory block handle; tang is secured with a single pin near center of handle. Blade marked incuse “LAMSON & GOODNOW MFG. Co / S. FALLS WORKS” in serif letters. Part of carving set with fork, 1986.0531.177-178.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Shelburne Falls
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: 1986.0531.177
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.177
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, carving
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Carving; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 12 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 32.0675 cm x 2.8575 cm