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Dinner Knife

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1855

GUSN

GUSN-6028

Description

Metal knife with a bone handle and a rounded blade.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table knives
bone (material)
silver (metal)
Knife, Eating
Knife, Dinner
Silver
Bone
Knife, Dinner

Inscription

"Meriden Cutlery, Co 1855, 12" (Stamped on the blade)

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Meriden Cutlery Company (Maker)

Location of Origin

Meriden, CT, USA

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1100

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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