Museum object · Tools and Equipment
Seven piece place setting of stainless steel flatware sold by Salaam
1972
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Seven (7) piece place setting of stainless steel flatware purchased from Salaam International in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972 by Khalid and Patricia Al Amin. Each piece has a repeating design of stylized leaves and dots on the front handle and is marked on the verso handle "SALAAM STAINLESS KOREA" except the table knife (.3) which is marked on the verso blade. The pieces include: .1: salad fork .2: dinner fork .3: table knife .4: table spoon .5: tea spoon .6: dessert spoon .
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Catalog reference: 2015.10.1.1-.7
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