fork, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: maker
content: Lamson & Goodnow
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner fork. Three-tined with flat baluster stem. Tines, stem, and full tang are one piece of steel. Tang has wooden scales riveted to top and bottom with brass pins to form a block handle with flat sides, chamfered edges, and rounded butt. Bolster is formed by two rectangular pieces of steel welded to stem and mortised into wooden scales. Overall scratches. One tine is shorter than the other two. Discoloration and minor rust of metal. Wood is cracked, separating from the tang.
label: Description
content: Maker is possibly Lamson & Goodnow Company, a manufacturer and wholesaler active in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 1844-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Shelburne Falls
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: 1986.0531.181
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.181
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork, dinner
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (scales material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 18.415 cm x 1.5875 cm