fork, dessert; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1861- 1865
notes: label: Description
content: Dessert fork, with matching knife (See 1986.0531.128). Three-tined with chamfered baluster stem. Tines, stem, and bolster are one piece of steel with tang fitted into tapered wooden block handle with flat sides, chamfered edges and rounded butt. Tang is held in place with a single brass pin through side. Scratched overall, minor discoloration on metal.
label: Description
content: Blade of matching knife is stamped: “J. RUSSELL & CO/GREEN RIVER WORKS”; partially worn.
label: Description
content: Handle is stamped: “U.S.”
label: Description
content: Stamped on neck: “[worn]EL/[worn]ED”
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: 1986.0531.129
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.129
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork, dessert
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork, Dessert; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pin material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 7 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 18.0975 cm x 1.5875 cm