fork, carving; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date patented
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Carving fork, with matching knife (1986.531.233). Two-tined with tapered baluster stem and “yankee” style bolster. A hinged lyre-shaped stand is attached to the underside of the stem. Tines, stem, and bolster are one piece of chrome-plated steel with the tang fitted into a teardrop-shaped white hard rubber handle. Metal is heavily discolored, minor rust. Handle is scratched and discolored.
label: Description
content: Matching fork is etched on underside of stand: “PAT. JULY 13. 1880”
label: Description
content: Blade of matching knife is etched: “J. RUSSELL & CO/[Illegible and faded]” within double diamond.
label: Description
content: Patent:
label: Description
content: US229802 A, July 13, 1880, Calvin L. Butler, Greenfield, Massachusetts, assignor to John Russell Cutlery Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, for “Carving-fork”
label: Description
content: Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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: 1986.0531.234
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.234
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork, carving
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork, Carving; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 24.765 cm x 4.445 cm