fork; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1860- 1880
name: label: maker
content: Lamson & Goodnow
notes: label: Description
content: Fork, part of a three-piece cutlery set with a matching fork and knife (1986.0531.157-159). Three-tined with chamfered stem and small “yankee” style bolster. Blade, stem, and bolster are one piece of steel with tang fitted into a tapered horn handle with rounded sides and butt. Tang is held in place with brass pin through side. Metal is corroded, darkened, and scratched with minor rust spots. Horn is scratched, with small crack in center and weevil damage near bolster. No mark.
label: Description
content: Blade of matching knife is stamped: “LAMSON GOODNOW & Co/S. FALLS WORKS”
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: 1986.0531.158
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.158
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fork
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Fork; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: horn (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pin material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 16.8275 cm x 1.5875 cm