knife, dinner; cutlery, set, part of
date: label: date made
content: 1830- 1837
notes: label: Description
content: “One-armed man’s” knife, with matching fork (1986.531.225B), in original box (1986.531.225C). Three upturned steel blades with rounded tips. Blades and tangs are one piece of metal riveted together at handle. Ivory scales are riveted to tangs with brass pins to form a block handle with rounded sides and butt. A wide, thin metal ring is placed around the handle. Scratched overall. Ivory is discolored. Residue in crevices. Minor rust. Pins are corroded.
label: Description
content: Blades are stamped: “W[crown]R/RODGERS CUTLERS/TO THEIR MAACJESTIES”; partially worn away.
label: Description
content: Metal ring is stamped: "3"
label: Description
content: Maker is Rodgers Cutlers, Sheffield, England, founded circa 1724. From 1971-1977 the firm operated under the name Rodgers-Wostenholm, and in 1977 Imperial of Providence, Rhode Island purchased the company.
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: 1986.0531.225A
label: accession number
content: 1986.0531
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0531.225A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife, dinner
label: Object Type
content: cutlery
label: Other Terms
content: Knife/Fork, Dinner; Cutlery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (scales material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (knives (3); ring material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 22.225 cm x 2.2225 cm