knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: after 1856
notes: label: Description
content: Knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.137). Straight steel blade with rounded tip and pewter bolster inserted into a tapered black hard rubber handle with rounded sides and butt. Scratched overall, minor discoloration on metal.
label: Description
content: Blade is etched: “J. RUSSELL & Co/GREEN RIVER WORKS”
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: 1986.0531.136
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.136
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: rubber (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, pewter (bolster material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 10 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 25.7175 cm x 2.2225 cm