Jan & John Maggs

Antiques and Art

An early 19th-century knife and fork with stag horn handles

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The scimitar knife blade is signed “Greaves & Sons; Cast steel”, and the two-tined fork appears to be stamped “steel”. The maker, Francis Greaves (c. 1796-1844), was an important Sheffield cutler, who devised an improved method for attaching horn to steel. Both pieces have their original iron ferrules.

English, ca. 1820

Length: Knife: 9 ¼”; Fork: 6 ¾”

Price: $45

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