knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1860- 1880
name: label: maker
content: Lamson & Goodnow
notes: label: Description
content: Set of six dinner knives (1986.531.162-.167) in light brown flannel carrying pouch with individual pockets for each knife (1986.531.247). Straight silver-plated steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster fitted into tapered ivory handle with rounded sides and butt. Tang is held in place with single steel pin through side of handle. Blade is scratched, corroded, plate is worn, tarnished. Ivory is yellowed, cracked, and crazed. Minor losses at butt. Clear residue on handle.
label: Description
content: Blade is stamped: “LAMSON & GOODNOW MFG Co/S. FALLS WORKS”; partially worn.
label: Description
content: Maker is Lamson & Goodnow Company, a manufacturer and wholesaler active in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 1844-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Shelburne Falls
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: 1986.0531.167
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, dinner
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver-plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 9 7/8 in x 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 25.0825 cm x 2.2225 cm