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Pocket knife

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1832

GUSN

GUSN-222706

Description

Sterling silver pocket knife with a single blade on one side a pointed stick on the other. At the opposite end from the base of the blade is a cirlce.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pocket knives
sterling silver
Knife, Pocket

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Sheffield, England

Dimensions

11/16 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2680

Places

Sheffield (Sheffield unitary authority, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom)

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