CUTLERY AND FLATWARE 2

Bone handles, hatch-engraved, by Abram Brookbank, "Defiance", Malinga Works, Sheffield

Bone handles, by Barber & Co., Sheffield

Horn handles, by James Lingard, Sheffield

Black horn slab handles, by Gregory Brothers, Sheffield

Bone handles, by Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Sheffield, Cutlers to HM the Queen

A group of bone-handled Victorian cutlery from the servants' halls of the Earl of Lonsdale's estate's various houses, with "B.T." for Barleythorpe, the Hunting Lodge in Rutland, "S.R" for the Serving Room at Lowther Castle, "C.H.T." for Carleton House Terrace, the London residence, "L" under an Earl's coronet for Lonsdale for use at Lowther Castle, and the same with an "N" below for use at the racing lodge at Newmarket, or possibly the family motor yacht, the "Northumberland". 

   Rare early 19th-century macerating knife for someone lacking adequate teeth, dismantling to assist cleaning, maker Deane & Compy, Monument, (London)