Fork, dinner
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SILVER
- DATE
- 1898–1998
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0387.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Deakin, James & Sons
- MODEL
- NEWFOUNDLAND RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Sheffield, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SILVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.5 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Deakin
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Sheffield
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- COULD HAVE BEEN USED ANYTIME BETWEEN 1898 WHEN LINE STARTED AND 1970 WHEN ARTIFACT SENT TO NMST.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF CUTLERY USED ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND RAILWAY. THE RAILWAY WAS STARTED IN 1898;WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE CANADIAN NATIONAL IN 1948; AND FINALLY CLOSED IN 1988. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO ASSIST IN EATING. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED ON HANDLE: 'NEWFOUNDLAND/ RAILWAY' . STAMPED INTO UNDERSIDE OF HANDLE 'AI JD & S EP/ [mark]'.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Silver metal.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Deakin, James & Sons, Fork, dinner, between 1898–1998, Artifact no. 1970.0387, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0387.001/
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