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Shire of Toodyay > Records

CUTLERY KNIVES; TWO BREAD BUTTER, TWO FISH

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Domestic equipment

Overview

Four cutlery knives, non matching.
a) Scratched yellow (bone) handle, with a stained blade.
b) Yellow (bone) handle with 2 blobs of blue paint.
c) Fish knife all metal with ornamentation on handle.
d) Silver fish knife with hallmark under handle. Ornamental patterns in handle and blade

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.679a-d

Item type

Material

Width

2 cm

Height or length

19 cm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

a) Wade Wingfield & Rowbotham, Sheffield
b) C Johnson & co Sheffield England / Stainless steel

Contextual Information

a) Mark used on the Harp and Crown cutlery range being marketed in the 1880s

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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