Knife and fork
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and metal
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936354.8
Summary
Knife and fork with wooden handles (h); contained in wicker picnic basket (a) with one handle detached, lid hinged at back; contains: six metal half pint cups (b); six small metal cups (c); two metal cups in woven straw holders (d); white ceramic sandwich box with metal lid (e); three condiment pots including a glass pot with metal lid, a glass pepper pot with metal perforated top and a brown pottery salt cellar with stopper (f); Small red/brown cardboard cylindrical pot with lid (the top loose), possibly to hold the six small metal cups, dated 1928 (g); two fiddle pattern forks stamped 'WH' and two bone/ivory-handled knives by John Bagshawe & Son, Church Street, Liverpool (i); two enamelled metal side plates (j).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).