fork, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1834- 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner fork, with matching knife (see 1986.0531.134). Three-tined with flat stem soldered to cast iron handle. Teardrop-shaped handle with flat sides and concave surfaces, painted black. Plate is almost completely worn, heavily scratched. Tines are rusted.
label: Description
content: One side of handle is cast: “JR & CO”
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: 1986.0531.135
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.135
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, cast iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 19.05 cm x 1.905 cm