Wooden cutting board. The front has an advertisement for "Oakeys Wellingtong Knife Boards". The board and label are fading and peices are coming off. The back of the board has a metal ring by the top hole that is metal. The bottom is in a darker thicker wood. The board is warped in the center.
cutting boards
cookware
wood (plant material)
Board, Cutting
"OAKEYS / WELLINGTON / KNIFE BOARDS / The best and cheapest articles ever introduces to the / Public, for expeditiously and brilliantly polishing / Knives, (when dressed with the Wellington / Knife Polish). The Rubber, forming an elsastic medium between / the knife and Board, prevents Friction, and consequently the / Knives are not worn and injured as by other methods. / They polish so rapidly that it does away with the necessity / of the Machines, and the annoyance of their constantly being / out of order, and, when in that condition, destroying the Knives. / OAKEY'S "WELLINGTON" KNIFE POLISH is pre / pared expressly for the above Boars, and Knives constantly / cleaned with it, present the appearance of new Cutlery. The / operation is cleanly, and free from Dust and Noise. / Sold is Canisters at 1d, 2d, 3d, 6d, 1s, 2s, 6d, and 4s each, by / Ironmongers, Oil and Italian Warehousemen , Brushmakers, / Grocers, Druggists, &c. / JOHN OAKEY & SONS. / Limited, / WELLINGTON EMERY &BLACK LEAD MILLS, / WESTMINISTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON S.E. / N.B. - DO NOT HANG THE BOARD IN THE DAMP" (Ad on the front of the board with red, green, black, and blue writing)
"GREAT BRITAIN." (Black font inside a black outlined rectangle)
"THE "WELLINGTON" / KNIFE BOARD / JOHN OAKEY & SONS. / LONDON" (Stamped on the metal around the hole in the back)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
1 x 5 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3088
London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
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