Cutlery
Category
Metalwork
Date
1905 (circa)
Materials
Steel, silver and bone
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932561
Summary
Miscellaneous set of cutlery, consisting of: six large steel knives with rectangular handles (a); nine small steel knives with rectangular bone handles (b); nine small steel knives with round bone handles, matching design on hilt (eight marked Robert F. Mosley Sheffield) (c); two small steel knives with round bone handles (d), different design on hilt; one large steel knife with bone handle and silver hilt (hallmark illegible) (e); two forks (f), one metal, one stainless steel; a carving knife with long bone handle (g) and a carving knife with long bone handle (h) (not a pair to other carving knife); five knives by S. Fullalove (i); four butter knives with long rectangular handles (j); nine knives with bone handles with rounded ends by Harrison Brothers and Howson (k); fourteen large knives by Robert F. Mosley (l); four large knives by James Dixon and Sons (m); two knives with rounded handles and misshapen blades (n); two knives with short blades and long handles (o); one knife with pistol shaped blade by Potter, Sheffield (p); seven large miscellaneous knives (q); two small miscellaneous knives (r); knife with bondle handle marked 'S' (s); carving knife (t); four carving forks (u); two Nevada silver forks (v); seven miscellaneous spoons (w).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).