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Dinner knife

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-25166

Description

Flat, slightly curved steel blades w/ rounded ends. Curved bone handles terminating in domed circular discs. One disc missing. Marked, "Sanderson."

Details

Descriptive Terms

table knives
bone (material)
steel (alloy)
Bone
Steel
KNIFE, DINNER

Inscription

See description.

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Sanderson (Maker)

Dimensions

1.5 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.226.1

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