SET 6 SILVER CANNON-HANDELED DESSERT KNIVES
Harrison Bros. & Hawson, Sheffield, 1886
In a scarce form used from the late Charles II through Queen Anne periods, a set of six silver dessert knives, each
cannon-handled with a knop finial, the fully marked silver blades of a Scimitar I form, the marked silver handles loaded;
quite faithful to the original form (slightly slenderer) and excellent for use with trefid, dognose and rattail table silver.
Condition: Excellent, with crisp marks to blades and ferrules
Note: Cannon knives were used with trefid, dognose and rattail form spoons. For a 1680 cannon knife of
this form with blade marked for Bartholomew King, see British Cutlery, Peter Wilson, p.94, Pl. 57
12.9 oz. (loaded)
8 1/8” Long
SOLD
#5567
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