knife, carving; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1840- 1860
notes: label: Description
content: Carving knife. Straight steel blade tapered to a rounded point. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece of steel with dark wooden scales riveted to tang with brass pins to form a block handle with straight sides and blunt butt. Stained and scratched overall, minimal rust. Brass pins are corroded. No mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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: 1986.0531.235
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.235
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, carving
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Carving; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (scales material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 12 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm