On View
Not on viewPenknife
Date1800s
Terms
- Pocket Knives
- Steel
- United States
Dimensions7.61 cm (3 in.)
Markings"Antique Pen-Knife, very old. Family pocket knife, belonging to Dr. or Mrs. Henry A. Barrett of Concord, Mass. great grand-son of Colonel James Barrett, Commander of the Concord Colonial Forces in 1775."
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)
Object numberPER1816.0001
DescriptionPenknife, two blades. Checker board design, a ring on the side. Mounted on cardstock, upon which the donor described the souvenir.