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1840-1849
GUSN-62522
Steel knife for sharpening, lead coated steel with two piece ebony handle secured by a brass nail with trefoil decoration at hilt and handle.
knives
brass (alloy)
ebony (wood)
lead (metal)
Lead
Brass
Ebony
Steel
Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),
P730
Unknown
12 3/4 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Caroline Barr Wade
1955.407
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