Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

STRAIGHT BLADE

Date Range From

1880

Date Range To

1910

Materials

BONE, STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Length

15.5

Width

2.3

Description

BONE HANDLE/COVER HAS ROUNDED ENDS, BECOMES SLIGHTLY WIDER TOWARDS TOP. HANDLE HAS A TINY CURVING TOWARDS MIDDLE, THEN COMES BACK. HAS STEEL PIN AT TOP WHICH HOLDS THE TWO SIDES OF THE HANDLE TOGETHER (IS A PIECE IN BETWEEN), AT BOTTOM CONNECTS TO BLADE WITH A PIN (HINGE) THROUGH TWO SIDES OF BONE AND STEEL BLADE. BLADE IS THICKER ALONG BACK AND BASE, THINS AT TIP FOR SHARPNESS, CLOSES IN TO BONE COVER. BY END AT PIN BLADE HAS SMALL HOOK, THEN WIDER HANDLE, THEN WIDENS TO BLADE WHICH HAS NOTCH ON TOP. ON BLADE IS STAMPED "HOLLOW GROUND". ON STEEL HANDLE IS A FLAG WITH "CJ" THEN STAMPED IS "CHRIS R JOHNSON & CO THE FIELD ENGLAND". SURFACE CORROSION EVERYWHERE, ACTIVE AT HOOK. BONE IS SPLITTING, DISCOLOURING, AND DIRTY.

Subjects

TOILET ARTICLE

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

OWNED BY LOU PETERS, FROM SKIFF. WAS BILL'S MATERNAL GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A U.S. IMMIGRANT AND FORMER BLACKSMITH. HE PUT WINDOWS IN THE LONDON APARTMENTS IN LETHBRIDGE.

Catalogue Number

P19950066015

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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