knife, pate
date: label: date made
content: ca 1856
notes: label: Description
content: Pate knife. Upturned silver-plated steel blade with clipped point and curved false edge. Narrowed and curved ricasso on both sides. Blade and “yankee” style bolster are one piece of steel fitted into an ivory-colored composition (hard rubber?) handle with rounded sides and butt. Scratches overall. Metal is heavily stained and has minor rust marks. Bolster is separating from handle, which has minor discoloration. Blade etched: “MERIDEN CUTLERY/COMPANY”.
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: 1986.0531.122
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, pate
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Pate; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: composition (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver-plated (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 7 5/8 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 19.3675 cm x 2.54 cm