case
date: label: date made
content: 1830- 1837
notes: label: Description
content: Original leather case for “One-armed man’s” knife (1986.531.225A) and accompanying dinner knife (1986.531.225B). Red leather exterior with red velvet-lined interior. Brass clasp at center front. Heavily worn, scratched. Pieces braking/broken off of exterior. Debris and dust on interior. No mark.
label: Description
content: Blades of accompanying knife are stamped: “W[crown]R/RODGERS CUTLERS/TO THEIR MAJESTIES”; partially worn away.
label: Description
content: Maker is Rodgers Cutlers, Sheffield, England, founded circa 1724. From 1971-1977 the firm operated under the name Rodgers-Wostenholm, and in 1977 Imperial of Providence, Rhode Island purchased the company.
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
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0531.225C
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.225C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife/Fork, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (exterior material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, velvet (interior material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 9 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 2.54 cm x 23.8125 cm x 6.6675 cm