Antique Sheffield made set of pistol grip fruit knives
Marked princes plate silver on each knife-
Description taken from Mappin and Webb website:
Prince's plate is a higher quality than normal silver plate, as the process uses a triple deposit of silver, and has an added coating of protection on all vertices and edges of their pieces of cutlery
Hallmarks indicate 1920s era production
Set of 6
Original box
Belonged to my great-grandparents
Country of Origin: England
From Era: 1895 - 1920s
around the time great grandparents were married
Made-Royal Cutlery works, Norfolk street, Sheffield
These will be sent tracked with insurance included
(Box 7)