knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1830- 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner knife, one of a set of seven (1986.0531.021-.27) that match a set of six dinner forks (1986.0531.028-.33).
label: Description
content: Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and blunt butt. Back of knife shows a "puddled" weld between the iron bolster and steel blade. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
label: Description
content: Blade is stamped: “S. ROWLAND”; with a heart, diamond, and circle above.
label: Description
content: Maker is possibly Sleigh Rowland, active ca 1830-1850 in Sheffield, England.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
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: 1986.0531.023
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, dinner
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bone (scales material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (tang material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 23.495 cm x 2.54 cm