knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: ca 1829
notes: label: Description
content: Dinner knife with a matching dinner fork (see 1986.0531.016). Overall S-shape, upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece. Back of knife shows a "puddled" weld between the iron bolster and steel blade. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with steel pins to form a rounded handle with a blunt butt. A faint inscribed pattern is visible on the scales, and two steel pins at butt likely held a rounded iron pommel cap, both would match those on the accompanying fork. Overall scratches and discoloration, metal has rust spots, nicks. Bone is pulling away from tang. Missing pommel cap.
label: Description
content: Blade is stamped: “SANDERSON”
label: Description
content: Maker is possibly the Sanderson Brothers (formerly Naylor & Sanderson), active in Sheffield, England ca 1829-present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
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: 1986.0531.015
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.015
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, iron (bolster, tang material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (blade, pins material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (scales material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 1 in; 1.5875 cm x 24.13 cm x 2.54 cm