Admiral's butter knife

Object/Artifact

Battleship Texas Foundation

Name/Title

Admiral's butter knife

Entry/Object ID

2024.1013.2

Description

Knife with three stars on handle on triangle formation. Three stars lined up on blade and "USN" underneath. There is lots of degredation with blade's silver plating.

Context

Silverware the same as or similar to the set used by the admiralty on board Battleship Texas.

Collection

Donation (Stephen Nelson), Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Knife, Butter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knife, Serving

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Serving Utensils

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials