Dinner Knife
date: label: date made
content: after 1872
notes: label: Description
content: Straight silver-plated steel blade with rounded tip and rectangular bolster. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece of steel fitted into an ivory-colored celluloid handle with straight sides, chamfered edges, and rounded butt. Heavily scratched and worn overall. Metal has minor rust spots, plate is worn. Celluloid is yellowed, separated from bolster. Blade etched: “MERIDEN CUTLERY CO.”; with image of an anvil above.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
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: 1986.0531.120
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.120
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, dinner
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic, celluloid (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 23.495 cm x 2.2225 cm