Dessert knife
James Dixon & Sons Ltd
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stainless steel and celluloid
Measurements
12 x 203 x 20 mm
Place of origin
Sheffield
Collection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1550907.10
Summary
Knife. A small stainless steel dessert knife, with rounded blade and cream-coloured, celluloid handle, with square end. Part of an Edwardian plated canteen of cutlery with celluloid handles by James Dixon & Sons in an oak case. Set made up of eight table knives, nine dessert knives, five teaspoons, nine dessert forks, eight dessert spoons, two sauce ladles, nine soup spoons, three table spoons, nine table forks, a carving knife, a sharpening steel and a carving fork. Given by Evan Morgan to Henry Smith and Ada Sayzeland as a wedding gift 8/8/1935. Never used apart from one knife.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Marks and inscriptions
Blade: [trumpet] / JAMES DIXON & SONS LTD. / SHEFFIELD / NO RUS / STAINLESS
Makers and roles
James Dixon & Sons Ltd, silversmith