Knife
Category
Metalwork
Date
1870 (circa)
Materials
Steel and horn
Measurements
235 mm (Length)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938784.7
Summary
Table knife manufactured by Thomas Smith, 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
THOMAS SMITH / CUTLER / SHEFFIELD (stamped on blade)