Emma Design - Antique Silver

Description

Silver and Mother of Pearl Fruit Knife.
Hallmarked for Sheffield 1911 - date letter - lower case t
The maker`s mark - W.N, for William Needham, Jessop Street,
Sheffield.

A superb, medium large fruit knife in absolutely unused condition.
The blade opens and closes correctly - snaps at 180 degrees,90 degrees, and snaps closed.

Attractive shaped Mother of Pearl scales to both sides, decorated on the face with a flowers in an oval, with foliage above and below. the back decorated with two sunbursts.
A silver eye shaped cartouche between the hinge and the flowers, engraved with the original owner`s name - C Hay.
The blade is plain but for the thumb groove and the hallmarks.

Superb unused condition, throughout. 113 years old.

Open length:- 144 millimetres / 5.67 inches.
Closed length:- 83 mms. / 3.27 ins.
Knife weight:- 22.7 grams.