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Dinner Knife

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1834

GUSN

GUSN-62554

Description

Round tipped dinner knife with a flat blade and one rib at the mount for the ivory handle. One of a set of eleven.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table knives
ivory (tooth component)
plating (metal coating)
metal
Knife, Eating
Knife, Dinner
Knife, Dinner

Inscription

Marked on blade, ""J.RUSSELL & CO./ 1834"". Possibly Jonathan Russell, first of Ashford, CT, later of Geneva, NY susquently (b. 1770). See Belden, ""Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection,"" p. 368.

Associated Building

Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),

Additional Identification Number

P742.5

Maker

J. Russell & Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Southbridge, MA, USA

Dimensions

10 1/8 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Caroline Barr Wade

Accession Number

1955.418.5

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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