1800s utensils

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Joseph Farmer
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1800s utensils

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Ordnance Memoranda 19 shows the utensils. The spoon was patented in the 1860s. The knife and fork have "Japanned" handles.

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The knife with the round squared end is U.S. marked. That, and the fork with the same profile handle, are likely pre-1874. The pointy end knife, and matching fork, have a patent applied. It's for the construction of the handles.

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The design of the spoon never changed.
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