Dinner Knife
date: label: date made
content: ca 1846 - 1855
notes: label: Description
content: Straight steel blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece of steel inserted into an ivory block handle with rounded edges and butt. Tang is held in place with iron pin. Discoloration and rust on metal, yellowed ivory with large crack on underside. Blade stamped: “PRATT ROPES&Co / AMERICAN CUTLERY”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
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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: 1986.0531.111
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.111
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9/16 in x 10 3/16 in x 1 in; 1.42875 cm x 25.87625 cm x 2.54 cm