Object Details
- Lamson & Goodnow
- Description
- One of a set of four dessert knives (1986.0531.152-.55). Straight silver-plated steel blade with rounded tip and small “yankee” style bolster. Blade and bolster are one piece of steel fitted into an ivory handle with rounded sides and butt. Tang is held in place with a single steel pin through the side. Blade is scratched and tarnished. Ivory has crack down one side near pin.
- Blade is stamped: “LAMSON GOODNOW & Co/S. FALLS WORKS”; partially worn.
- Maker is Lamson & Goodnow Company, a manufacturer and wholesaler active in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 1844-present.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1860- 1880
- ID Number
- 1986.0531.154
- accession number
- 1986.0531
- catalog number
- 1986.531.154
- Object Name
- knife, dessert
- Object Type
- cutlery
- Other Terms
- Knife, Dessert; Cutlery
- Physical Description
- ivory (handle material)
- metal, silver-plated steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 19.685 cm x 1.905 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Shelburne Falls
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_323965
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6500-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
