knife, carving; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1840- 1868
notes: label: Description
content: Trailing point style carving knife, one of a two piece carving set with matching dinner knife and fork (1986.0531.039-.42). Flared steel blade with rounded cutting edge and pointed tip. Blade and bolster are one piece fitted into a squared block ivory handle with blunt butt. Scratched and stained overall, yellowed ivory has long crack down one side.
label: Description
content: Blade is stamped: “W&S BUTCHER/SHEFFIELD”
label: Description
content: Maker is W[illiam] & S[amuel] Butcher, active ca 1819-1947 in Sheffield, England.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
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: 1986.0531.039
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, carving
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Carving; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 11 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 30.1625 cm x 2.8575 cm