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Knife with 7 1/2" blade. Long notched bone and brass handle with brass tacks. In tan leather case which hangs and is attached to tan leather belt with brass buckle.
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Knife
Knife
Embossed on belt near buckle: ""ADAMS & ILSLEY/ BOSTON"" [in oval]
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Adams & Ilsley (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7203
Massachusetts (United States)
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