Knife
William Webster (1838 - 1895)
Category
Metalwork
Date
1870 (circa)
Materials
Steel and horn
Measurements
235 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Sycamore Works
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938784.11
Summary
Dessert knife manufactured by William Webster, Sheffield; one of eight Sheffield table knives and three Sheffield dessert knives with round horn handles, manufactured by Harrison & Co., Hiram Wild; William Webster and Thomas Smith; wrapped in brown paper tied in a roll with string. A scrap of headed note paper is attached inside the brown paper with the address '61 Glebe Place, Chelsea, S.W.3' scribbled out, on which is handwritten in pencil, 'The Countess of / Stamford' over the top of an earlier handwritten pencil note. 'The Countess / of Stamford' is also handwritten in pencil directly onto the brown paper above illegible pink pencil crayon writing.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
V [*crown*] R / WILLIAM WEBSTER / SHEFFIELD ENGLAND (stamped on blade)
Makers and roles
William Webster (1838 - 1895), cutler