knife, dessert
date: label: date patented
content: 1868
name: label: maker
content: Lamson & Goodnow
notes: label: Description
content: Dessert knife, with matching dinner knife (see 1986.531.183), silver-plated steel. Straight blade with rounded tip and “yankee” style bolster, cast as one piece of steel with long ovoid-loop handle. Plate is worn and tarnished, heavily scratched
label: Description
content: Blade is stamped: “LAMSON & GOODNOW MFG CO/PATENTED. FEBY . 25 . 1868”
label: Description
content: Unable to locate the referenced patent, further research is needed.
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: 1986.0531.184
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.184
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, dessert
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Dessert; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver-plated (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 8 5/8 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 21.9075 cm x 1.905 cm