Pocket Knife
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920 - 1925
notes: label: Description
content: Equal-end pen knife with engine-turned bands on both sides, the front or mark side additionally has a rectangular reserve at center engraved "LT" in shaded, italic block letters; small shackle or bail at one end. Contains two pen blades, one large and one small. Larger blade tang front is stamped "MILLER / BROS / U.S.A." in incuse sans serif letters. Shackle exterior is marked "W.M.C." and "10K SOLID GOLD". Stored with stitched, red-brown leather case with snap closure on front flap.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place blades 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: DL.200122.1744
label: catalog number
content: 200122.1744
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Object Name
content: knife, folding
label: Other Terms
content: Knife; Pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior finish material)
label: Measurements
content: knife: 6.6 cm; 2 5/8 in