Flat blade w/ rounded end. Tapering outward wooden handle w/ two vertical steel bands. Cross and ball design. Steel end.
table knives
steel (alloy)
wood (plant material)
Steel
KNIFE, DINNER
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
0.875 (W) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.225
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