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Knives

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3356

Description

Knives- each with a tapered rectangular wood handle on a slightly arched rounded end blade. The blade is held to the handle with a brass pin.

Details

Descriptive Terms

knives
brass (alloy)
steel (alloy)
wood (plant material)
Steel
Wood
Brass
Knife

Inscription

Impressed into the blade is: I.B. BOBSON BROTHERS .

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.1141.1

Maker

I.B. Bobson Brothers (Maker)

Location of Origin

USA

Dimensions

7.125 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1141.1-3

Related Items

Title Fork Accession Number 1991.1141.4

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