Pocket Fruit Knife
date: label: date made
content: 1835 - 1877
notes: label: Description
content: Double-threaded, wavy-handle, pocket or folding fruit knife with spear-point blade struck on front or mark side below long rectangular pull with combined mark of the raised roman letters "A / C" in a diamond or lozenge between two pseudo-hallmarks of a standing, spreadwing eagle and a right-facing male profile bust, both in ovals, above and below. Stored with a machine-sewn, pale green leather case with snap closure on front flap.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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: DL.200122.1748
label: catalog number
content: 200122.1748
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Object Name
content: knife, folding
label: Other Terms
content: Knife; Pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (backspring material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Measurements
content: knife: 3 in x 11/16 in; 7.62 cm x 1.8034 cm