Child's Knife
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Small knife having a blunt blade with integral bolster fitted into hardwood handle, tapered rectangular in section, with chamfered edges, rounded-over end and inlaid brass dot on front. Mark or front side of blade stamped “FOR A GOOD BOY” in incuse italic sans serif letters in a serrated oblong outline. No marks. From a two-piece child's or youth's flatware set (knife and fork), 1986.0531.090-.091.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
topic: label: Subject
content: Boys
label: Subject
content: Children
label: Subject
content: Eating
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Gifts & Presents
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: 1986.0531.090
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Child's; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade and tang material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (inlay material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 6 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 1.11125 cm x 16.51 cm x 1.905 cm