Carving Set
date: label: date made
content: after 1886
name: label: maker
content: Landers, Frary & Clark
notes: label: Description
content: Three-piece carving set (fork, knife and sharpener), each with a celluloid handle with engraved images of griffins. A label inside the case reads “LANDERS FRARY & CLARK / CUTLERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.” Another reads “Pat Jul 6th 1886.” Landers, Frary & Clark was a housewares company established in 1865, and based in New London, Ct.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Britain
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Food
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1339
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1339
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Carving Set with Celluloid Handles
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: velvet (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (cutlery handles material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (label/ lining material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 43 cm x 15 cm; 1 9/16 in x 16 15/16 in x 5 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 17 in x 5 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 43.18 cm x 14.605 cm