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Dinner Knife

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-60202

Description

Knife with a flat, rounded blade and a rectangular faceted bone handle with a rounded end. Part of a set with fifty-two pieces.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table knives
Knife, Eating
Knife, Dinner
Knife, Dinner

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Rodgers (Maker)

Dimensions

1/2 x 3/8 x 10 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3771.6

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