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Pocket Knife

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1850-1899

GUSN

GUSN-72599

Description

Ivory; attenuated oval; double blades

Details

Descriptive Terms

pocket knives
accessories
steel (alloy)
bone (material)
Bone
Steel
KNIFE, POCKET

Pattern

Bone

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.625 x 3.75 x 0.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3136

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