KNIFE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, ALUMINUM
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116082
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, ALUMINUM
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.3
- Length
- 32.1
- Width
- 2.2
- Description
- KNIFE HAS STEEL BLADE AND ALUMINUM HANDLE. BLADE IS STRAIGHT ACROSS TOP AND BOTTOM IS STRAIGHT UNTIL TIP WHERE IT CURVES UP. HANDLE HAS ROUNDED BUTT AND FLAT SIDES. SIDES HAVE THREE DEEP GROOVES. BOLSTER OF KNIFE IS PLAIN AND TAPERS SLIGHTLY TOP BLADE ON BOTH SIDES. ENGRAVED ON ON SIDE OF BOLSTER IS "LIPSHAW". BLADE HAS GRIND MARKS FROM BEING SHARPENED AND IS SLIGHTLY TARNISHED.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- THE LIPSHAW MFG' CO. WAS FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN. U.S.A. KNIFE WAS REMOVED FROM THE MORGUE AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116082
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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