1834
GUSN-62550
Round tipped dinner knife with a flat blade and one rib at the mount for the ivory handle. One of a set of eleven.
table knives
ivory (tooth component)
plating (metal coating)
metal
Knife, Eating
Knife, Dinner
Knife, Dinner
Marked on blade, ""J. RUSSELL & CO./ 1834"" Possibly Jonathan Russell, first of Ashford, CT, later of Geneva, NY, and of Auburn, NY (b. 1770). See Belden's ""Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection,"" p. 368.
Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),
P742.1
J. Russell & Co. (Manufacturer)
Southbridge, MA, USA
10 1/8 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Caroline Barr Wade
1955.418.1
Massachusetts (United States)
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