Box with 27 Victorian fruit knives

€ 250,00
In stock

Box (38,8 x 22,2 x 4,5 cm) with 

*12 knives, L 20 cm, marked

BROOKES & CROOKES

MAKERS SHEFFIELD

and with the "Bell" trade mark.

*15 knives, L 19,8 cm, marked

WALTERS & SON CUTLERSTOTHEIP

MAGESTEIS 7, NORFOLK STREET

SHEFFIELD.

Although the knives were made by two companies, they are identical in model and materials, so the totality can be considered as one set.

 

Brookes & Crookes was a British cutlery firm with roots dating back to the mid-19th Century. The firm was founded by John Brookes (1825-1865) and Thomas Crookes. Their quality craftmanship earned them an Honourable Mention at the Great Exhibition in 1851. After Brookes' untimely death, Thomas Crokes took over the business. The "Bell" trade mark was a badge of excellence.

John Walters & Company was also a British cutlery firm and advertised in a Sheffield directory in 1841 as a maker of table and dessert knives and forks and palette knives. The owner was John Lolewell Walters (1804-1868).

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Breedte38,8 cm
Hoogte22,2 cm
Diepte4,5 cm