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5 pairs George II dessert eaters agate pistol handles circa 1740

Five pairs of George II dessert eaters (knives and forks) with cannon shaped agate handles and silver tines and blades, circa 1740.

Price:SOLD

 

 8938
Etui An etui with engraved shagreen case containing 2 knives, a 2-tine fork, a corkscrew and a bodkin, each with screw-in thread to fit one of 2 handles -- and a nutmeg grater — the fittings circa 1740, the case perhaps later.
Price: SOLD		 3996

Six George II pistol grip dessert knives forks steel tines blades How circa 1730

 

Six pairs of George II dessert knives and forks with pistol handles, the blades marked by HOW (Ephraim How, d. 1725) and unmarked steel tines. The handles are unmarked circa 1730, crested with a porcupine.

Price: £825.00

 

 

 

9096
Charles II cannon handle knife fork WP heart William Boswell A Charles II cannon handled knife and fork with silver handles and steel blade and tines, circa 1670 the handles by WP in a heart (unidentified) and the steel elements by William Boswell (active from 1669).
Price:SOLD		 8068
George III gold cased quill cutter mother of pearl circa 1790

A George III Mother-of pearl and gold cased quill cutter with two steel blades, circa 1790.

Price: £375.00

 

 8932
Apple corer An engine turned apple-corer with screw-in blade by John Tongue, Birmingham 1841 initialled LR.
Price: £325.00		 1604
Antique silver knife-fork A fruitknife and fork pair with mother-of-pearl handles, by Aaron Hadfield, Sheffield 1865, the fork lacking a patch of foil .
Price: £275.00		 8365

 

Pair George III knife rests London 1811 Daniel Hockly

A George III pair of knife rests of triangular section with pierced ends made in London in 1811 by Daniel Hockly.

Price: £225.00

 

 

9182
China Trade Mother-of-pearl handled knife circa 1800

An Emperor Jiaqing Mother-of-pearl handled knife with removable blade (secured by a silver wing nut). c. 1790, Chinese.
Price: £225.00

A knife of a similar form but with a lapis lazuli handle and a gilded steel blade is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

8148
6 Old Sheffield Plate handled knives circa 1790

A set of six George III tableknives with Old Sheffield Plate handles, circa 1790.

Price: £195.00

 

 8935

George III quill cutter two steel blades mother of pearl circa 1770

A George III quill cutter with two steel blades and two unusual silver coloured (probably Tombac) mounts and mother-of-pearl case, circa 1770.

Price: £195.00

 

 

 

 9454
Knife and fork pair An hourglass pattern child's knife and fork in original red leather case, Birmingham 1823 by Joseph Taylor.
Price: £195.00		 3652
6 Old Sheffield Plate handled knives circa 1790

A set of six George III tableknives with Old Sheffield Plate handles, circa 1790.

Price: £195.00

 

 8935
William III Queen Anne cannon handle knife circa 1700 Boog

A William III/Queen Anne cannon handled knife with steel blade (marked Boog), circa 1700, initialled {W}.

Price: £175.00

 

 8939
William III Queen Anne cannon handled knife circa 1720

A William III/ Queen Anne dessert knife, unmarked circa 1700.

Price:SOLD

 

 


 8739
George III folding fruitknife tortoiseshell circa 1790 A George III fruitknife with tortoiseshell case, Sheffield circa 1790 .
Price: SOLD		 7409
Cake knife A mother-of-pearl handled cake knife with engraved blade by George Unite, London 1868.
Price: £175.00		 7306
George III Thread and Shell dessert knife London 1812 Paul Storr

A George III Thread and Shell pattern dessert knife (usable with Old English Thread and Shell or Fiddle Thread and Shell pattern cutlery). made in London in 1812 by Paul Storr (marked with hallmarks and maker's mark on both the handle and the blade).
Price:SOLD

 

 8258
Pair butter knives A pair of butter knives with mother of pearl handles, by Martin, Hall and Company Sheffield 1859, initialled HDB.
Price: £140.00		 5188

George II dessert knife and fork pistol grip circa 1730 blades How

 

A George II dessert knife and fork with pistol handles, the blade is marked by HOW (Ephraim How, d. 1725) and unmarked steel tines. The handles are unmarked circa 1730, crested with a porcupine.

Price:SOLD

2 pairs available

 

 

 

 

9097
Fruit knife A mother-of-pearl handled fruitknife with brightcut blade and shell-capped handle marks worn, probably Sheffield circa 1810.
Price: SOLD		 9319
knife

An hourglass variant table knife with W. Peter stamped into the die, Dublin circa 1815 made for Walter Peter .
Price: £120.00

Walter Peter (d. 1845) was a jeweller in Dublin from 1796-1812. He was first recorded in 1794 when he was made a Freeman of the Dublin Goldsmiths Company. He had a shop in Peter Place, Charlemont Street from 1796-1801, and 102 Grafton Street in 1802. He was a Warden of the Dublin Goldsmiths' Company from 1800-1803 and served as Master from 1806 to 1807. In addition to this he was elected to the Common Council of the City of Dublin in 1807, 1813 and 1825. The dies for this flatware appear to be the only ones recorded which include the name of a goldsmith.
2 knives available

6364
Pair knife-rests A pair of knife-rests of customary form, London 1822 and 1824, by W?.
Price: £120.00		 3088
George III Mother of pearl cased fruitknife Sheffield John Creswick

A George III/IV Mother-of-pearl cased folding fruitknife made in Sheffield in 1819 or 1821 by John Creswick.

Price: £110.00

 

 


 8745
Victorian dessert knife London 1849 Francis Higgins Bloodstone handle 7661
knife A decorated tableknife with pistol-grip handle, by Dru Drury London circa 1770, crested with a demi lion rampant collared .
Price: £110.00 		6548
Fruit knife A fruitknife with brightcut edge to blade and brightcut printies probably Sheffield circa 1800.
Price: SOLD		 2452
Fruit knife A fruitknife with shaped and engraved m-o-p handle by George Unite, Sheffield (!) 1853.
Price: £110.00		 8124
Knife rest A knife-rest with pierced ends, by George Knight London 1824.
Price: £110.00		 4932
Dessert eaters A pair of dessert eaters with mother of pearl handles and silver mounts, engraved with the crest of a demi tiger holding an anchor, the fork was assayed by Robert Peppin in London in 1819 and the knife by William Chawner in 1821.
Price: £95.00
(two pairs of dessert eaters from this service are available)		 5253
Fruit knife A folding fruitknife with mother-of-pearl case and engraved border to blade, provincial circa 1790.
Price: £95.00		 2706
Cheese knife circa 1970 Linley

An Elizabeth II steel cheese knife with skeletal blade and wooden handle, by David Linley of London circa 1990 .
Price: £85.00

David Armstrong-Jones, styled Viscount Linley 1961-2017 and Earl of Snowdon from 2017, is the nephew of Queen Elizabeth II (daughter of Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon). He founded his own firm around 1985, making bespoke and de-luxe furniture and wooden objets.

7000
Fruitknife A mother-of-pearl handled fruitknife with decorated blade and eye-shaped cartouche provincial, probably Sheffield, circa 1800.
Price: £80.00		 8794

George II dessert fork pistol handles circa 1730

 

A George II dessert knife and fork with pistol handles, the steel blade and tines are unmarked. The handles are unmarked circa 1730, crested with a porcupine.

Price: SOLD

 

 

 

9099
Fruit knife A mother-of-pearl handled fruitknife by Joseph Taylor, Birmingham circa 1820.
Price: £70.00		 8335
Victorian dessert knife Sheffield 1839 Atkin and Oxley 5th Earl of Aldborough

A Victorian silver dessert knife with a silver blade, by Atkin and Oxley Sheffield 1839 (also fully hallmarked on the blade) crested for Mason Gerard Stratford, 5th Earl of Aldborough (1784-1849) .
Price:SOLD

Mason Gerard Stratford 5th Earl of Aldborough (1784-1849) inherited his title in 1833 (aged 49) and when he died 16 years later left a complicated succession to his title.

In 1804 Mason Gerard had married Cornelia Jane Tandy (d. 1877), daughter of a Dublin shoemaker, in Kirkcudbright and had a number of children with her but on 6th December 1826 he obtained a divorce in England. However on 23rd September 1826 Gerard had already gone through a marriage ceremony at the British embassy in Paris with Mary Arundell.

In 1849 Gerard's first wife (of whom William Creevey wrote that she was "the readiest, quickest person in conversation, I have ever seen, was she quieter she would be more agreeable") opposed the inheritance of the Earldom by the eldest son of Mason Gerard's second marriage. She failed because the Earl, despite divorcing her, claimed never to have been married to her in the first place as he was already married to Miss Maria Teresa Davenport who was still alive when his marriage to Cornelia Jane Tandy took place in 1804. If Miss Maria Teresa Davenport were still alive in 1826 this would make the Earl a potential trigamist.

7584
A plain mother-of-pearl handled fruitknife by Thomas Nowill, Sheffield circa 1800.
Price: £65.00 		6167
Quill cutter A quillcutter with mother-of-pearl case, circa 1840.
Price: £60.00		 5610
George III small or dessert knife Kings pattern London 1818 1820 Robert Peppin William Eley Fearn

A George III King's pattern child's or small dessert knife (19.7 cm long) made in London in 1820, the handle being marked by Robert Peppin and the blade by William Eley and William Fearn in 1818, initialled {AAC}.
Price: £58.00

 


8499
Fruit knife A fruit-knife with mother-of-pearl handle with plain handle by Hardy, Bell and Co., Sheffield 1834.
Price: £58.00		 9301
knife A dessert knife with wrigglework border, by Sydenham Peppin London circa 1800, crested for Fowke .
Price: £45.00		 6160z
knife A dessert knife with wrigglework border, by William Abdy London circa 1780, crested for Fowke .
Price:£45.00		 6161z