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1820-1860
GUSN-3354
Small knife; round-ended steel blade; tapered wood handle with pewter cap at the connection of the blade and handle; pewter pins hold handle in place.
knives
wood (plant material)
pewter (tin alloy)
steel (alloy)
tin (metal)
Steel
Wood
Pewter
Knife
Impressed into the knife blade is: J. RUSSELL & Co./GREEN RIVER WORKS .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
J. Russell & Co. (Maker)
USA
25 3/8 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1140.1
Title Fork Accession Number 1991.1140.2
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