Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.028-.33) that match a set of seven dinner knives (1986.0531.021-.27).
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and blunt butt. Tines are discolored, scratched, and have small rust spots, bone is crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang. No mark.
Blades of accompanying knives are stamped: “S. ROWLAND”; with a heart, diamond, and circle above.
Maker is possibly Sleigh Rowland, active ca 1830-1850 in Sheffield, England.
Large two-tined carving fork, one of a two piece carving set with matching dinner knife and fork (1986.0531.039-.42). Baluster stem with hinged kick stand which allows the fork to rest in place on a serving dish. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece of steel fitted into a squared block ivory handle with blunt butt. Scratched and stained steel, ivory is yellowed with large crack down one side. No mark.
Blade of accompanying carving knife is stamped: “W&S BUTCHER/SHEFFIELD”
Maker is W[illiam] & S[amuel] Butcher, active ca 1819-1947 in Sheffield, England.
Dinner knife, one of a set of seven (1986.0531.021-.27) that match a set of six dinner forks (1986.0531.028-.33).
Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and blunt butt. Back of knife shows a "puddled" weld between the iron bolster and steel blade. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Blade is stamped: “S. ROWLAND”; with a heart, diamond, and circle above.
Maker is possibly Sleigh Rowland, active ca 1830-1850 in Sheffield, England.
Dinner knife, one of a set of six (1986.0531.03-.08) that match a set of six dinner forks (1986.0531.09-.14).
Straight tinned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and corners and a blunt butt. Central brass pin on one side is larger than the other two. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Much of the tin is worn off. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Blade is stamped: “L . BOOTH/SHEFFIELD”; partially worn off.
Maker is possibly L[uke] Booth, active in Sheffield, England in the early 19th century until his death in 1855.
Dinner fork, with accompanying “One-armed man’s” knife (1986.531.225A), in original box (1986.531.225C). Long, four-tined fork with chamfered baluster stem. Tines and stem are one piece of steel fitted into a tapered ivory handle with straight sides, chamfered edges, and rounded butt. Minor rust and discoloration on metal. Ivory is yellowed, with long crack down back side near bolster. No mark.
Blades of accompanying knife are stamped: “W[crown]R/RODGERS CUTLERS/TO THEIR MAJESTIES”; partially worn away.
Maker is Rodgers Cutlers, Sheffield, England, founded circa 1724. From 1971-1977 the firm operated under the name Rodgers-Wostenholm, and in 1977 Imperial of Providence, Rhode Island purchased the company.
Dinner knife, one of a set of seven (1986.0531.021-.27) that match a set of six dinner forks (1986.0531.028-.33).
Upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade, bolster, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and blunt butt. Back of knife shows a "puddled" weld between the iron bolster and steel blade. Metal is discolored, scratched and has some rust spots. Bone is yellowed and crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang.
Blade is stamped: “S. ROWLAND”; with a heart, diamond, and circle above.
Maker is possibly Sleigh Rowland, active ca 1830-1850 in Sheffield, England.
Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.028-.33) that match a set of seven dinner knives (1986.0531.021-.27).
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and blunt butt. Tines are discolored, scratched, and have small rust spots, bone is crazed, cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang. Handle is missing one pin. No mark.
Blades of accompanying knives are stamped: “S. ROWLAND”; with a heart, diamond, and circle above.
Maker is possibly Sleigh Rowland, active ca 1830-1850 in Sheffield, England.
Reflector oven made in two parts, a four-sided, angled-top hood open at front and bottom and a four-sided, angled-bottom base on two strap legs with a lift-out tray in its open top; two tab hinges along the bottom back edge of the hood fit into slots in the rim of the base. Hood has a wire ring handle at front center; base has two, arched, molded strap handles soft-soldered at top center of its sides. Hood and base have wire-rolled rims and folded seams, while the removable tray is made of one piece, cut and folded, with a turned-out, horizontal rim and two circular wire rings riveted at inside center of its ends. No marks.
Open-top rectangular case with spring-hinged, ribbed sides and a single "X" accordion at bottom. Engine-turned bands decorate front and back; an empty rectangular reserve is on front. Bottom edge of front is struck incuse with "dunhill" trademark and "JAPAN" in sans serif letters.
Rectangular box with overhanging, flat lid stamped with a heraldic device featuring a quartered escutcheon supported by crowned lions and the motto "LE BON TEMPS VIENDRA" ("The good times are coming"). Reverse serpentine shaped tab at lid front. Applied gadrooning around box top front and sides and all four sides at base. Matte silver interior. Underside is stamped with a three-leaved crown above "EXETER" in sans serif letters and with the gothic or Old English letters "J·R&·S. (double underline)" in an outlined oval.
Assembled candlestick composed of a British infantry officer's sword hilt for the stem and an English-style, swan-neck riding spur screwed into its pommel for the base; two, domed-top, flathead screws in the spur's terminals can be adjusted for stability. Removable circular nozzle, cylindrical candle cup or socket and lobed circular bobeche or drip pan are screwed into the ricasso. Ricasso stamped "PROVED" in a circle.
Oversized, elaborately decorated, partial-gilt tankard on four flattened-ball feet featuring a low-relief, repousse chased scene of the goddess Diana leading a boar and stag hunt that moves clockwise around the body. The cast figures of Diana and her hunting dog, supported by six leafy scrolls topped by doves, surmount the cover, while a lion rampant holding an empty cartouche is the thumbpiece; the lower terminal consists of scrolled acanthus leaves from which spring two coiled wires terminating in banded balls. Gold washed interior. Underside of flat bottom is struck with nine marks, four maker's pseudo hallmarks for Neresheimer and five import marks for Berthold Müller, Chester, 1901.
Mechanical triple folding biscuit box consisting of three, repousse chased, shell-shape, hinged sides that open from the top to reveal a gilded interior fitted with three, fanlike, piercework, hinged covers that fold down and secure closed using the spring retainers mounted on their fronts. Frame is formed from three, fasces-pattern arches on triple-pad feet to which the hinge mechanisms, each topped by a fleur-de-lis finial, are attached. Cast, three-scroll top handle and smaller, triangular, broken-scroll side handles. Top of one foot struck incuse "13". No other marks. One of two biscuit boxes, DL*304621.0001-.0002.
Flat circular tray on three cast pointed feet with a raised and shaped edge of six bracketlike segments separated by six scallops, and a conforming, applied cast beaded rim punctuated by six scroll-sided shield shapes. Obverse has a flat-chased band of scroll-filled ovals and serpentine-sided segments encircling the engraved gothic or Old English letters "MRC" at center, and is struck at upper right of monogram with a combined mark of a raised gothic or Old English "I" in curved shield, "D" in clipped-corner incurved rectangle, "&" in round-bottom shield and "S" in a X'ed diamond or lozenge, next to a curved shield containing "P N / S". Rim underside with incuse stamps "667", "N" and an imperial crown. Pentagonal tag applied to tray underside is embossed with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom above "JAMES DIXON & SONS / SHEFFIELD."
Dinner fork, one of a set of six (1986.0531.028-.33) that match a set of seven dinner knives (1986.0531.021-.27).
Two-tined fork with baluster stem. Tines, stem, and tang are one piece. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with brass pins to form a tapered block handle with chamfered edges and blunt butt. Tines are discolored, scratched, and have small rust spots, bone is cracked and chipped around edges and pulling away from the tang. No mark.
Blades of accompanying knives are stamped: “S. ROWLAND”; with a heart, diamond, and circle above.
Maker is possibly Sleigh Rowland, active ca 1830-1850 in Sheffield, England.
Dinner knife with a matching dinner fork (see 1986.0531.016). Overall S-shape, upturned steel blade with rounded tip. Blade and bolster are one piece. Back of knife shows a "puddled" weld between the iron bolster and steel blade. Bone scales are riveted to the top and bottom of the tang with steel pins to form a rounded handle with a blunt butt. A faint inscribed pattern is visible on the scales, and two steel pins at butt likely held a rounded iron pommel cap, both would match those on the accompanying fork. Overall scratches and discoloration, metal has rust spots, nicks. Bone is pulling away from tang. Missing pommel cap.
Blade is stamped: “SANDERSON”
Maker is possibly the Sanderson Brothers (formerly Naylor & Sanderson), active in Sheffield, England ca 1829-present.
Mallet-shaped caster with projecting, rounded bottom edge and screwed-on, tall, cylindrical, perforated cover having an acorn finial, six columns of five pierced holes, and creased, faceted band at rim. Conforming, glazed white earthenware cup inserted in tapered conical lower half; underside is covered by a slightly convex metal disk and bottom edges of body folded under to hold in place. No marks.
Mallet-shaped caster with projecting, tapered band at bottom and screwed-on, tall, cylindrical, perforated cover having an ovoid finial, seven columns of five pierced holes, and rounded rim. Conforming, glazed white earthenware cup inserted in tapered conical lower half; underside is covered by a slightly raised metal disk and bottom edges of body folded under to hold in place. No marks.
Single-reeded circular plate with flat well; no foot ring. Underside of well struck with three partial touchmarks for Richard Yates, arranged two above one; shaded serif letters "JDB" engraved at upper right.