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Pocket Knife

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1850-1874

GUSN

GUSN-72590

Description

Mottled brown; rectangular, serpentine outline; double blades

Details

Descriptive Terms

pocket knives
accessories
steel (alloy)
tortoise shell
Shell
Steel
KNIFE, POCKET

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.5 x 2.25 x 0.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3127

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