Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
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A collection of over thirty folding silver and mother-of-pearl pocket/fruit knives and silver miniature propelling pencils various makers and dates
18 – 19 April 2023, 10:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £408 inc. premium
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A collection of over thirty folding silver and mother-of-pearl pocket/fruit knives
various makers and dates
Comprising a variety of different sized silver pocket/fruit knives, mostly with polished mother-of-pearl handles, some decoratively inscribed, others plain, covering the Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian and contemporary period, including Nathaniel Creswick & Co, Sheffield 1834; a cased version by William Neale, Birmingham 1889, the handle inset with a silver shield cartouche and inscribed 'GW'; also including Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham 1893 and Thomas Marples, Sheffield 1902, amongst many others, together with a silver propelling fountain pen, Sampson Mordan & Co, London 1892 and several Victorian miniature silver propelling pencils, F W Turton, Birmingham 1893, and others.
Comprising a variety of different sized silver pocket/fruit knives, mostly with polished mother-of-pearl handles, some decoratively inscribed, others plain, covering the Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian and contemporary period, including Nathaniel Creswick & Co, Sheffield 1834; a cased version by William Neale, Birmingham 1889, the handle inset with a silver shield cartouche and inscribed 'GW'; also including Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham 1893 and Thomas Marples, Sheffield 1902, amongst many others, together with a silver propelling fountain pen, Sampson Mordan & Co, London 1892 and several Victorian miniature silver propelling pencils, F W Turton, Birmingham 1893, and others.
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From the collection of the late John Hilton