knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date patented
content: 1872
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.133). Straight steel blade with rounded tip that is one piece of steel with tang with wooden scales riveted in place with iron pins to form a block handle with chamfered edges and rounded butt. Pewter bolster and pommel cap. Heavily scratched overall, metal is corroded and has rust spots. Wood is separating from tang.
label: Description
content: Blade is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/PATENTED JAN.13,1872”
label: Description
content: Patent could not be located at this time, further research is needed.
label: Description
content: Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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: 1986.0531.132
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, dinner
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (scales material)
label: Physical Description
content: pewter (bolster, pommel cap material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 1 in; 1.5875 cm x 24.765 cm x 2.54 cm