S/5202 Antique 19th Century Steel with a Decorative Handle

A good quality steel, having a carved wooden handle inlaid with bone decoration with a brass hinged suspension ring. The steel stamped J. Haywood company Sheffield.

Joseph Haywood was born on the 14th. February 1823 and died on the 31st. of May 1888 and manufactured table cutlery etc. in Glamorgan Works, Sheffield. It was a family business listed from 1845 till 1936.

Ex Deeley Collection and illustrated in A History of Cooking Through the Ages by Robert Deeley and Philip Drury on page 96.

17 in. (43 cm.) Wide
English Circa 1870