knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1834- 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner knife, with matching fork (see 1986.0531.135).Straight tin-plated steel blade with tapered and rounded tip soldered to cast iron handle. Teardrop-shaped handle with flat sides and concave surfaces, painted black. Plate is almost completely worn, heavily scratched. Knife point is bent.
label: Description
content: One side of handle is cast: “JR & CO”
label: Description
content: Maker is John Russell & Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 1834-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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: 1986.0531.134
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.531.134
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, cast iron (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 7/8 in; .635 cm x 23.495 cm x 2.2225 cm