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Six George III tableknives London 1799 Edward Duke of Kent

Six George III Threaded table knives made in London in 1799 , engraved with the crest, coronet and Orders of the Garter and St. Patrick for Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) on the ends.

Price: £725.00

The combination of the badge and coronet of one of the younger sons of George III with the Orders of the Garter and St. Patrick shows that these knives were owned by Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820). He was invested with the Order of St. Patrick in 1783 (he was one of the founding knights) and that of the Garter in 1786.

Edward was a career soldier who began his military service in 1785 before completing his education in Geneva where he also joined the Freemasons in 1789. In 1789 Edward was appointed colonel of the 7th Regiment of Foot (the Royal Fusiliers) but in 1790 he returned without leave and was sent off to Gibraltar as an ordinary officer. From 1791 to 1802 Edward was Commander-in-Chief for North America, based in Canada, and in 1799 was created Duke of Kent.

The Duke was Governor of Gibraltar in 1802, but recalled to Britain in 1803, after a mutiny. He retained the Governor's post until 1820 but was not allowed to return to Gibraltar. Following the death of Princess Charlotte (George III's only legitimate grandchild) in 1817 all of George III's unmarried sons were encouraged to marry and produce heirs. The Duke of Kent married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield in 1818 and the couple had a daughter, Alexandrina Victoria, in 1819 and who inherited the crown in 1830 and ruled, as Queen Victoria, until 1901.

The Duke, who had been very healthy, died of pneumonia in 1820.

A set of six forks (stock number 9518) can be found on Antique silver forks.

 

 

 9518

 

6 Victorian rose pattern knives London 1851 George Adams Earl of Sefton Garrards

A set of six Victorian dessert or fruit knives in a Rose pattern variant with original steel blades (marked by Garrards), made in London in 1851 by George Adams (for Chawner and Company), crested for the Earl of Sefton.

Price: £495.00

There is evidence in an internal list of dies now in the Goldsmiths' Company Library of a commercial link between Chawner and Company (run from 1840 to 1881 by George Adams) and Garrards. The list does not seem to name this pattern but also does not list dies for knife handles in most patterns. It is therefore possible to suggest that Chawner and Company themselves outsourced the manufacture of these knives to another firm.

Charles William Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton, (1796-1855) inherited the Earldom and family estates from his father in 1838. Molyneux had been educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (although he did not graduate from the latter) and served as Member of Parliament for South Lancashire from 1832 to 1834. That year he married Mary Augusta Gregge-Hopwood (1814-1906). He died in 1855.

 

 

 1001
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
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
Cake knife A mother-of-pearl handled cake knife with engraved blade by George Unite, London 1868.
Price: SOLD		 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
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
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 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

William IV Scottish rococo end King's pattern table knife London 1837 William Eaton Private die Graham

A William IV Scottish Rococo end King's pattern table knife with private die crest for the Graham family made in London in 1837 by William Eaton.

Price: £95.00

This knife was apparently designed to be used with the service commissioned by a member of the Graham family from Robert Gray and Sons (see entry 10 in the appendix to Private Die-Struck Heraldic Flatware 1780-1900 by Luke Delmas and Luke Schrager published in Silver Studies [2022] and The Finial [2023]). It is interesting to note that no knives are apparently noted by Gray and Sons suggesting that they employed William Eaton to make this part of the service.

The apparent discrepancy in the dates between these knives and the noted Glasgow pieces would seem to be due to the differing dates that the Glasgow assay office changed its date letter as opposed to London doing so on the 29th of May.

 

 9780
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
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

Victorian rose pattern knife London 1851 George Adams Earl of Sefton Garrards

A Victorian dessert or fruit knife in a Rose pattern variant with original steel blade (marked by Garrards), made in London in 1851 by George Adams (for Chawner and Company), crested for the Earl of Sefton.

Price: £55.00

5 individual knives available (in addition to a set of six- Stock number 1001).

There is evidence in an internal list of dies now in the Goldsmiths' Company Library of a commercial link between Chawner and Company (run from 1840 to 1881 by George Adams) and Garrards. The list does not seem to name this pattern but also does not list dies for knife handles in most patterns. It is therefore possible to suggest that Chawner and Company themselves outsourced the manufacture of these knives to another firm.

Charles William Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton, (1796-1855) inherited the Earldom and family estates from his father in 1838. Molyneux had been educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (although he did not graduate from the latter) and served as Member of Parliament for South Lancashire from 1832 to 1834. That year he married Mary Augusta Gregge-Hopwood (1814-1906). He died in 1855.

 

 

 1002
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