knife, table
date: label: date made
content: before 1890
notes: label: Description
content: Table knife. Straight steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel with tang, fitted into an ivory handle with rounded sides and butt. Metal and ivory are both scratched and discolored. Minor spots of rust on blade. Fine cracks in ivory.
label: Description
content: Blade is stamped: “WIDDOWSON & VEALE/73 STRAND LONDON”
label: Description
content: Handle is marked in black, old English: “J”
label: Description
content: Widdowson & Veale was the dealer, founded circa 1835, active in London, England.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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: 1986.0531.059
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.059
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, table
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Table; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9/16 in x 10 3/16 in x 7/8 in; 1.42875 cm x 25.87625 cm x 2.2225 cm