Box for Table Knives
date: label: date made
content: 1892 - 1898
notes: label: Description
content: Green paper-covered, rectangular box, printed in gray at center of cover "(5-pointed star) ROGERS & BRO. 12. (arched) / TRIPLE PLATE. / WATERBURY, CONN. (curved)" in several decorative fonts. Interior is lined with burgundy paper and has red-wool covered wooden supports at ends slotted to receive six knives. Original manufacturer's box for set of 6 Rogers & Bro. "Star" brand No. 12 table knives, 1986.0531.226-.231.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
label: Subject
content: Knives
label: Subject
content: Packaging
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.248
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.248
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: paperboard (support material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (holders material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (lining on holders material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 9 7/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 2.54 cm x 25.0825 cm x 9.2075 cm