Dinner Knife
date: label: date made
content: ca 1846 - 1855
notes: label: Description
content: Straight steel blade with rounded tip and rectangular bolster. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece of steel inserted into a wooden block handle with straight sides and rounded butt. Tang is held in place with a brass pin. Discoloration, scratches, and rust on metal, small cracks in wood. Blade is stamped: “PRATT ROPES WEBB&Co / AMERICAN CUTLERY”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.112
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (pin material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 9 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 1.11125 cm x 24.4475 cm x 1.905 cm